FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Landfill expenses depend on estimates that may change from year to year. 

In 2020 Marquette County opened a landfill that was expected to accept waste for four years. The following table indicates the estimates county officials made at the end of each of the four years: 

Year

Total Capacity (millions of cubic feet) 

Capacity Used This Year (millions of cubic feet) 

Expected Closure Costs (millions of dollars) 

2020

10

4

$8

2021

10

2

$9

2022

12

2

$10

2023

12

4

$10

Determine the total expected closure costs ($10 million) that should be assigned to each of the years that the landfill accepts waste.

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