Question: 3 . 4 Suppose each customer puts out 0 . 2 5 m 3 of waste each week. Packer trucks with a compaction ratio of

3.4 Suppose each customer puts out 0.25 m3 of waste each week. Packer
trucks with a compaction ratio of 4 take 0.4 minutes per customer to collect the waste.
Two trucks are being considered: one that makes two trips per day to the disposal
site, and another that makes three.
Trips per day to disposal site 23
Truck volume (m3)2715
Annualized truck cost ($/yr)120,00070,000
Time driving, unloading, breaks (min/day)160215
(a) Operating five days per week, with once-per-week pick-up, how many customers
would each truck service?
(b) How many hours per day would each truck and crew have to operate to fill the
trucks each day?
(c) With the cost of crew being $40 per hour, what is the total annual cost of trucks
and crew for each system? From that, find the annual cost per customer. Which
system is less expensive?
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