The city of Oak Ridge is evaluating three mutually exclusive landscaping plans for refurbishing a public greenway. Benefits to the community have been estimated by a landscaping committee, and the costs of planting trees and shrubbery, as well as maintaining the greenway, are summarized below. The city's discount rate is 10% per year, and the planning horizon is 10 years. Use the Incremental benefit cost (B/C) analysis to determine the best option. Note: Use the same excel sheet that you downloaded in the previous question to solve this question. Solve it in a new sheet in the same document. Plan Initial cost, $ Annual cost, $/year Annual benefits, $/year Annual disbenefits, $/year A 50,000 3,000 20,000 500 B 90,000 4,000 30,000 2,000 200,000 6,000 61,000 2,100 The estimated time for this question is 30 minutes.

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The city of Oak Ridge is evaluating three mutually exclusive landscaping plans for refurbishing a public greenway. Benefits to the community have been estimated
by a landscaping committee, and the costs of planting trees and shrubbery, as well as maintaining the greenway, are summarized below. The city's discount rate is
10% per year, and the planning horizon is 10 years.
Use the Incremental benefit cost (B/C) analysis to determine the best option.
Note: Use the same excel sheet that you downloaded in the previous question to solve this question. Solve it in a new sheet in the same document.
Plan
Initial cost, $
Annual cost, $/year
Annual benefits, $/year
Annual disbenefits, $/year
A
50,000
3,000
20,000
500
B
90,000
4,000
30,000
2,000
200,000
6,000
61,000
2,100
The estimated time for this question is 30 minutes.
Transcribed Image Text:The city of Oak Ridge is evaluating three mutually exclusive landscaping plans for refurbishing a public greenway. Benefits to the community have been estimated by a landscaping committee, and the costs of planting trees and shrubbery, as well as maintaining the greenway, are summarized below. The city's discount rate is 10% per year, and the planning horizon is 10 years. Use the Incremental benefit cost (B/C) analysis to determine the best option. Note: Use the same excel sheet that you downloaded in the previous question to solve this question. Solve it in a new sheet in the same document. Plan Initial cost, $ Annual cost, $/year Annual benefits, $/year Annual disbenefits, $/year A 50,000 3,000 20,000 500 B 90,000 4,000 30,000 2,000 200,000 6,000 61,000 2,100 The estimated time for this question is 30 minutes.
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