Two people developed first-cut cost estimates to construct a new 130,000 square foot building on a university campus. Person A applied a general-purpose per unit cost estimate of $180 per square foot for the estimate. Individual B was more spe­cific: she used the area estimates and per unit cost factors shown below. (a) What are the cost esti­mates developed by the two people? (b) What is the percent increase between the lower and higher cost estimates?


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