Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
17th Edition
ISBN: 9780134870069
Author: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 2P
You are planning to build a new home with approximately 2,000- 2,500 gross square feet of living space on one floor. In addition, you are planning an attached two-car garage (with storage space) of approximately 450 gross square feet. Develop a cost and revenue structure for designing and constructing, operating (occupying) for 10 years, and then selling the home at the end of the 10th year. (3.2)
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