Five independent projects consisting of reinforcing dams, levees, and embankments are available for funding by a certain public agency. The following tabulation shows the equivalent annual benefits and costs for each:

Assume that the projects are of the type for which the benefits can be determined with considerable certainty and that the agency is willing to invest money in any project as long as the B-C ratio is at least one. Which alternatives should be selected for funding.(Select all your answers from the choices given below.)
a. Project A
b. Project B
c. Project C
d. Project D
e. Project E
f. Select none of the projects

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Annual Benefits Annual Costs Project A $1,800,000 $2,000,000 $5,600,000 $4.200,000 S8,400,000 $6,800,000 $2,600,000 D S2,800,000 E $6,600,000 $5,400,000