Highway Engineers Have Proposed Improving a Dangerous Stretch of Highway

question 101

Multiple Choice

Highway engineers have proposed improving a dangerous stretch of highway at a cost of $3 million.They expect that it will reduce the risk of someone dying in an accident from 22.1 percent to 7.1 percent over the life of the highway.What is the value of a human life whereby the project would be worth doing

• A)at least $450,000
• B)at least $9.05 million
• C)at least $10 million
• D)at least $12.2 million

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