Help me solve as soon as possible ! A city of 284053 residents has a waste generation rate of 0.2 cubic meters per day per resident. Based on Studies 64.6% of the waste will be recycled and the remainder of the total waste that goes to the recycling 16.07% by volume of waste is generated and must be disposed of in the landfill. Please calculate the size of the landfill in square kilometers. Assume the following 1) compaction factor of 57%, 2) the depth of the land is 3.3 meters, 3) the land fill life span is 6 years

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A city of 284053 residents has a waste generation rate of 0.2 cubic meters per day per resident. Based on Studies 64.6% of the waste will be recycled and the remainder of the total waste that goes to the recycling 16.07% by volume of waste is generated and must be disposed of in the landfill. Please calculate the size of the landfill in square kilometers. Assume the following

1) compaction factor of 57%,

2) the depth of the land is 3.3 meters,

3) the land fill life span is 6 years

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