Basics Of Engineering Economy
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Author: Leland Blank, Anthony Tarquin
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 6, Problem 54P
(a):
To determine
Identify the number of i* values.
(b):
To determine
Calculation of
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