Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
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Author: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
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Chapter 3, Problem 20P
A company that manufactures shuttle cars and mines for the coal mining industry has determined that “coal production in the U.S.” is a fairly reliable three-quarter leading indicator of their sales. This quarter’s coal production in the United States can be obtained from the Department of Energy and it is used to obtain a
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