A flood control project consists of purchasing and moving selected residential houses from...

A flood control project consists of purchasing and moving selected residential houses from a floodplain. The houses can be purchased and relocated at a total investment cost of $5.0 million. Compute the benefit-to-cost ratio for this project based on a 100-year period of analysis, 6 percent discount rate, and data provided in the table be­low. A discharge-frequency relationship is provided in the first two columns. Dam­ages resulting from the various discharge levels are tabulated for with and without project conditions in the last two columns.