2. A municipal solid-waste site for a city must be located at Site A or SiteB. After sorting, some of thesolid wastes will be transported to an electric power plant where it will be used as fuel.Data for the hauling of solid wastes from each site to the power plant are shown in Table below.Average hauling distanceYearly rental fee for solid -SITE A4 kilometersP5,000SITE B3 kilometersP100,000waste siteHauling CostP1.50 per m - kmP1.50 per m - In° - kmIf the power plant will pay P8.00 per m of sorted solid waste delivered to the plant, whereshould the solid-waste site be located?Use the city's viewpoint and assume that 200,000 m of wastes will be hauled to the plant forone year only.What site must be selected?Show your computation and defend your answer. (20 points)

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nunicipal solid-waste site for a city must be located at Site A or SiteB. After sorting, some of the id wastes will be transported to an electric power plant where it will be used as fuel. ta for the hauling of solid wastes from each site to the power plant are shown in Table below. SITE A 4 kilometers SITE B Average hauling distance Yearly rental fee for solid - waste site Hauling Cost 3 kilometers P5,000 P100,000 P1.50 per m² - km P1.50 per m² - km If the power plant will pay P8.00 per m' of sorted solid waste delivered to the plant, wher ould the solid-waste site be located? Use the city's viewpoint and assume that 200,000 m'of wastes will be hauled to the plant f e year only. What site must be selected? Show your computation and defend your answer. (20 points)

nunicipal solid-waste site for a city must be located at Site A or SiteB. After sorting, some of the id wastes will be transported to an electric power plant where it will be used as fuel. ta for the hauling of solid wastes from each site to the power plant are shown in Table below. SITE A 4 kilometers SITE B Average hauling distance Yearly rental fee for solid - waste site Hauling Cost 3 kilometers P5,000 P100,000 P1.50 per m² - km P1.50 per m² - km If the power plant will pay P8.00 per m' of sorted solid waste delivered to the plant, wher ould the solid-waste site be located? Use the city's viewpoint and assume that 200,000 m'of wastes will be hauled to the plant f e year only. What site must be selected? Show your computation and defend your answer. (20 points)

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter12: Environmental Protection And Negative Externalities

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