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uts (50 points) Saved Help Save & Exit Submit Check my work The City of Imperial Falls contracts with Evergreen Waste Collection to provide solid waste collection to households and businesses. Until recently, Evergreen had an exclusive franchise to provide this service in Imperial Falls, which meant that other waste collection firms could not operate legally in the city. The price per pound of waste collected was regulated at 25 percent above the average total cost of collection. Cost data for the most recent year of operations for Evergreen are as follows. Administrative cost Operating costs-trucks Other collection costs $ 401,000 1,285,000 321,000 Data on customers for the most recent year are as follows. Number of customers Waste collected (tons) Households Businesses 12,100 3,200 4,100 12,200 The City Council of Imperial Falls is considering allowing other private waste haulers to collect waste from businesses, but not from households. Service to businesses from other waste collection firms would not be subject to price regulation. Based on information from neighboring cities, the price that other private waste collection firms will charge is estimated to be $0.05 per pound (= $100 per ton). (1 ton = 2,000 pounds) Evergreen's CEO has approached the city council with a proposal to change the way costs are allocated to households and businesses, which will result in different rates for households and businesses. She proposes that ariministrative costs and trunk onerating costs he allocated hacer on the number of customers and the other < Prev 3 of 9 Score answer

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