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Based off the calculated conventional benefit-cost ratios (BCRs) for both options (the full-capacity tunnel and the 2 half-capacity tunnels please state whether the recommendation should be to build the full-capacity tunnel now or the first half-capacity tunnel. Make sure to show all mathematical work to get the 2 BCR values.
A 50-meter tunnel must be constructed for a
new city aqueduct. One alternative is to build a full-
capacity tunnel now for $500,000. The other
alternative is to build a half-capacity tunnel now for
$300,000 and then to build a second parallel half-
capacity tunnel 20 years hence for $300,000. The
cost to repair the tunnel lining every 10 years is
$20,000 for the full-capacity tunnel and $16,000 for
each half-capacity tunnel. Determine whether the full-
capacity tunnel or the half-capacity tunnel should be
constructed now. Solve the problem by the
conventional benefit-cost ratio analysis, using 4%
interest rate and a 50-year analysis period. There will
be no tunnel lining repair at the end of the 50 years.
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Transcribed Image Text:A 50-meter tunnel must be constructed for a new city aqueduct. One alternative is to build a full- capacity tunnel now for $500,000. The other alternative is to build a half-capacity tunnel now for $300,000 and then to build a second parallel half- capacity tunnel 20 years hence for $300,000. The cost to repair the tunnel lining every 10 years is $20,000 for the full-capacity tunnel and $16,000 for each half-capacity tunnel. Determine whether the full- capacity tunnel or the half-capacity tunnel should be constructed now. Solve the problem by the conventional benefit-cost ratio analysis, using 4% interest rate and a 50-year analysis period. There will be no tunnel lining repair at the end of the 50 years.
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