Question: A facility under construction is exposed to differential settlement. The settlement will occur with probability 2 0 % . The gross construction cost, Cg ,

A facility under construction is exposed to differential settlement. The settlement will occur with probability 20%. The gross construction cost, Cg, is $2M without differential settlement, and $4M in case of differential settlement. Because of funding supporting the project, the net cost is Cn =0.5*Cg + $1M. Let m indicates the number of interruptions in the construction process. The probability of one interruption is 10% in case of differential settlement, and 5% without differential settlement. It is assumed that the probability of more than one interruption is negligible.
The mean vector and covariance matrix for vector X=[Cg, Cn, m]^T are shown below:
\mu x=[\mu g,\mu n,\mu m ]^T =[2.4M$,?,?]^T
Ex=[[0.64M$^2,?,0.016M$],[?,?,?],[0.016M$,?,5.64%]]
Note that some of the values are missing: derive them, report their corresponding unit. Also, derive the correlation matrix.

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