Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: firm a ' s revenues are described by the equation ra = 17.12 x and its costs by ca = 12.87 x + 2400 . firm b ' s revenues are described by the equation rb = 13.27 x and its costs by cb = 8.77 x + 1500 . ( x denotes the quantity of sales ) . if a ' s volume of sales increases from 1000 to 3000 over the same period that b ' s volume increases from 2000 to 3000 , the percent increase in profits for the firm with the biggest dollar increase in profits is 
Options: a ) 20 % , b ) 30 % , c ) 60 % , d ) 50 % , e ) 33 %
Output (English): b