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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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