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... cost of operating the vehicle . This in turn depends on the type of car , driving speed , costs of gasoline , oil , tires , brake wear , and similar factors . The " cost " end of the " benefit - cost " ratio is the cost of building the ...
... cost of operating the vehicle . This in turn depends on the type of car , driving speed , costs of gasoline , oil , tires , brake wear , and similar factors . The " cost " end of the " benefit - cost " ratio is the cost of building the ...
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... cost of driving this road at $ 8,457,000 annually as against $ 11,750,000 for the Vail Pass route . To compute the benefit - cost ratio the department used a formula that yielded a saving of $ 1.94 to each motorist using the road . The ...
... cost of driving this road at $ 8,457,000 annually as against $ 11,750,000 for the Vail Pass route . To compute the benefit - cost ratio the department used a formula that yielded a saving of $ 1.94 to each motorist using the road . The ...
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... costs , the highway department assumed that trucks travel at the same rate of speed as passenger cars and that the operating cost of a truck is equivalent to a specified number of passenger cars . That number is usually considered to be ...
... costs , the highway department assumed that trucks travel at the same rate of speed as passenger cars and that the operating cost of a truck is equivalent to a specified number of passenger cars . That number is usually considered to be ...
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An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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