An analysis of accidents in a rural state indicates that widening a highway from 30 ft to 40 ft will decrease the annual accident rate from 1270 to 660 per million vehicle-miles Calculate the average daily number of vehicles that should use the highway to justify widening on the basis of the following estimates: (1) the average loss per accident is $1,000, (i) the cost of widening is $107.000 per mile (iii) the useful life of the widened road is 25 years (iv) annual maintenance costs are 3% of the capital investment and (v) MARR is 12% per year. Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when the MARR is 12% per year.
An analysis of accidents in a rural state indicates that widening a highway from 30 ft to 40 ft will decrease the annual accident rate from 1270 to 660 per million vehicle-miles Calculate the average daily number of vehicles that should use the highway to justify widening on the basis of the following estimates: (1) the average loss per accident is $1,000, (i) the cost of widening is $107.000 per mile (iii) the useful life of the widened road is 25 years (iv) annual maintenance costs are 3% of the capital investment and (v) MARR is 12% per year. Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when the MARR is 12% per year.
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