A proposed change to highway design standards is expected to reduce the number of vehicle crashes by 9,200 per year, but will have an initial cost of $150,000,000 and annual costs of $25,000,000. Given an interest rate of 10% and a study period of 8 years, the average cost of each vehicle crash in order that the benefit-to-cost ratio is 1.0 is _________________. Group of answer choices $9103 $6767 $5773 $8733

A proposed change to highway design standards is expected to reduce the number of vehicle crashes by 9,200 per year, but will have an initial cost of $150,000,000 and annual costs of $25,000,000. Given an interest rate of 10% and a study period of 8 years, the average cost of each vehicle crash in order that the benefit-to-cost ratio is 1.0 is _________________. Group of answer choices $9103 $6767 $5773 $8733

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter17: Long-term Investment Analysis

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