Anew highway is to be constructed. Design A calls for a concrete pavement costing $05 per foot with a 20-y the four peved ditches onting 35 per tot each and two box culverts every mie, each coming $10.000 and having Annual maintenance cost $1,800 per me the ouverts must be cleaned every five years at a cost of $300 each pers Design calls for a bituminous pavement coating $35 per foot with 1.50 per tot each and $2,450 year e two sodded ches of ppe overs ng £2,250 a Naving must be cleaned yearly Compare the signs on the basis of equivalent worth p 20-year period. Find the r W MARR 10% per year Click the icon to view the interest and annuty table for discrete compounding when the MAR 10% per year The A value for Design A is Round to the nearest hundreds)
Anew highway is to be constructed. Design A calls for a concrete pavement costing $05 per foot with a 20-y the four peved ditches onting 35 per tot each and two box culverts every mie, each coming $10.000 and having Annual maintenance cost $1,800 per me the ouverts must be cleaned every five years at a cost of $300 each pers Design calls for a bituminous pavement coating $35 per foot with 1.50 per tot each and $2,450 year e two sodded ches of ppe overs ng £2,250 a Naving must be cleaned yearly Compare the signs on the basis of equivalent worth p 20-year period. Find the r W MARR 10% per year Click the icon to view the interest and annuty table for discrete compounding when the MAR 10% per year The A value for Design A is Round to the nearest hundreds)
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![A new highway is to be constructed. Design A calls for a concrete pavement costing $95 per foot with a 20-year life; four paved dtches costing $5 per foot each; and two box culverts every mile, each costing $10,000 and having a 20-year
Annual maintenance will cost $1,800 per mille: the culverts must be cleaned every five years at a cost of $300 each perm
Design B calls for a bituminous pavement costing $35 per foot with a 10-year te two sodded dichas costing $1.50 per foot each and two pipe culverts every mile, each costing $2,250 and having a 10-year te. The replacement ouverts with co
$2,450 each. Annual maintenance will cost $2,600 per mile; the culverts must be cleaned yearly at a cost of $225 each per mile and the annual ditch maintenance will cost $1.50 per foot per ditch
Compare the two designs on the basis of equivalent worth per mile for a 20-year period. Find the most economical design on the basis of AW and PW if the MARR is 10% per year
Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when the MARR is 10% per year
The AW value for Design A is (Round to the nearest hundreds.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fabd89e92-1b72-4fc1-a83b-5d793323db00%2F396553ea-cf50-4adf-98c2-814589e12cec%2Fkzb6dqc_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A new highway is to be constructed. Design A calls for a concrete pavement costing $95 per foot with a 20-year life; four paved dtches costing $5 per foot each; and two box culverts every mile, each costing $10,000 and having a 20-year
Annual maintenance will cost $1,800 per mille: the culverts must be cleaned every five years at a cost of $300 each perm
Design B calls for a bituminous pavement costing $35 per foot with a 10-year te two sodded dichas costing $1.50 per foot each and two pipe culverts every mile, each costing $2,250 and having a 10-year te. The replacement ouverts with co
$2,450 each. Annual maintenance will cost $2,600 per mile; the culverts must be cleaned yearly at a cost of $225 each per mile and the annual ditch maintenance will cost $1.50 per foot per ditch
Compare the two designs on the basis of equivalent worth per mile for a 20-year period. Find the most economical design on the basis of AW and PW if the MARR is 10% per year
Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when the MARR is 10% per year
The AW value for Design A is (Round to the nearest hundreds.)
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