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9.20 021 A consultant, after 3 months of work, reported that the modified B/C ratio for a city-owned hospital heliport project is 1.7. If the initial cost is $1 million and the annual benefits are $150,000, what is the amount of the annual M&O costs used in the calculation? The report stated that a discount rate of 6% per year and an estimated life of 30 years were used. The R/C ratio for a

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter17: Long-term Investment Analysis

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