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Homework: Chapter 8 Homework Save Score: 0.56 of 1 pt 7 of 7 (7 complete) HW Score: 80.85 % , 5.66 of 7 p E8-18A (similar to) Question Help Over the past several years, decommissioned U.S. warships have been turned into artificial reefs in the ocean by towing them out to sea and sinking them. The thinking was that sinking the ship would conveniently dispose of it while providing an artificial reef environment for aquatic life. In reality, some of the sunken ships have released toxins into the ocean and have been costly to decontaminate. Now the U.S. govemment is taking bids to instead dismantle and recycle ships that have recently been decommissioned (but have not been sunk yet) Assume that a recently decommissioned aircraft carrier, the USS Bass, is estimated to contain approximately 40 tons of recyclable materials able to be sold for appraximately $32.8 million. The low bid for dismanting and transporting the ship materials to appropriate facilities is $34 million. Recycling and dismantling the ship would create about 500 jobs for about a year in the Rust Belt. This geographic area has been experiending record-high unemployment rates in recent years Read the requirements Requirement 1. Is it more financially advantageous to sink the ship (assume that it costs approximately $0.5 million to tow a ship out to sea and sink it) or to dismantle and recycle it Show your calculabions. (Enter dollar amounts in millions. Enter the net difference witha minus sign or parentheses is the cost to dismantle and recycle is less than the cost to sink) U.S. Government Financial Decision Cost to dismantle and recyce 34 Bid price 32.8 12 Less scrap value 0.5 Cost to sink 07 Net difference in favor of (against) sinking Requirement 2. From a sustainability standpoint, what should be done with the decommissioned aircraft carrier? List some of the qualitative factors that should enter into this analysis From a sustainability standpoint, the decommissioned aircraft carrier should be dismantled and recycled The following qualitative factors should be considered into this analysis Choose from any drop-down list and then click Check Answer Check Answer Clear Al All parts showing

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The following qualitative factors should be considered into the analysis
1) Jobs creation in a geographical region that allow families to thrive and succeed.
2) The environment that is affected if the carrier is placed in a protected wildlife area.
3) Materials are recycled and used for different purposes