You are a Project Engineer on a large earth dam project that has a volume of...

  

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You are a Project Engineer on a large earth dam project that has a volume of 5x106 yd³ of select fill, compacted such that the final voids ratio in the dam is 0.80. Your boss, the Project Manager delegates to you the important decision of buying the earth fill from one of three suppliers. Which one of the three suppliers is the most economical, and how much will you save? Sells fill at $ 5.28/ yd³ with e = 0.90 Sells fill at $3.91/ yd³ with e = 2.00 Sells fill at $ 5.19/ yd³ with e = 1.60 Supplier A Supplier B Supplier C You are a Project Engineer on a large earth dam project that has a volume of 5x106 yd³ of select fill, compacted such that the final voids ratio in the dam is 0.80. Your boss, the Project Manager delegates to you the important decision of buying the earth fill from one of three suppliers. Which one of the three suppliers is the most economical, and how much will you save? Sells fill at $ 5.28/ yd³ with e = 0.90 Sells fill at $3.91/ yd³ with e = 2.00 Sells fill at $ 5.19/ yd³ with e = 1.60 Supplier A Supplier B Supplier C

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