A multinational corporation does business in the United States, Canada, and England. Its branches in one country purchase goods from the branches in other countries according to the matrix

where the entries in the matrix represent proportions of total sales by the respective branch. The external sales by each of the offices are $800,000,000 for the U.S. branch, $300,000,000 for the Canadian branch, and $1,400,000,000 for the English branch. At what level should each of the branches produce in order to satisfy the consumer demand?

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Branch in: United States Canada England .02 .01 .03 United States Canada England .02 .01 Purchase from: .03 .01