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A new highway is to be constructed. Design A calls for a concrete pavement costing $85 per foot with a 20-year life; four paved ditches costing $3 per foot each; and two box culverts every mile, each costing $8,000 and having a 20-year life. Annual maintenance will cost $1,700 per mile; the culverts must be cleaned every five years at a cost of $350 each per mile. Design B calls for a bituminous pavement costing $50 per foot with a 10-year life; four sodded ditches costing $1.40 per foot each; and two pipe culverts every mile, each costing $2,200 and having a 10-year life. The replacement culverts will cost $2,400 each. Annual maintenance will cost $2,700 per mile; the culverts must be cleaned yearly at a cost of $215 each per mile; and the annual ditch maintenance will cost $1.65 per foot per ditch. Compare the two designs on the basis of equivalent worth per mile for a 20-year period. Find the most economical design on the basis of AW and PW if the MARR is 8% per year. Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when the MARR is 8% per year. The AW value for Design A is $ /mi. (Round to the nearest hundreds.)