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A small community with 20,000 residents and has a landfill to manage its solid wastes. Assuming the waste generation rate is 3.0 lb solid waste per capita per day, the landfill is expected to have a remaining life expectance of 15 years. If this town decide to build a large furniture factory that will produce 20 tons of solid wastes per day, what will its life expectance be?

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