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We can solve the increase in cost by compounding formula | |||||
Future value = | 2.5*(1+2%)^5 | ||||
$ 2.76 | billion | ||||
Therefore expected cost today = | $ 2.76 | billion |
Because testing of nuclear bombs was halted internationally in 1992, the Department of Energy has developed...
Because testing of nuclear bombs was halted internationally in 1992, the Department of Energy has developed a laser system that allows engineers to simulate (in a laboratory) conditions in a thermonuclear reaction. Due to soaring cost overruns, a congressional committee undertook an investigation and discovered that the estimated development cost of the project increased at an average rate of 2% per quarter over a 5-year period. If the original cost was estimated to be $2.1 billion 5 years ago, what...
Because testing of nuclear bombs was halted internationally in 1992, the Department of Energy has developed a laser system that allows engineers to simulate (in a laboratory) conditions in a thermonuclear reaction. Due to soaring cost overruns, a congressional committee undertook an investigation and discovered that the estimated development cost of the project increased at an average rate of 2% per week over a 5-year period. If the original cost was estimated to be $2.3 billion 5 years ago, what...