At closeout, the project engineer checks one requirement: a unit-price item overruns by 449 cy at $157/cy. What added payment is due?
Correct Answer
A) $70,493
The calculation gives $70,493 for the stated unit price addition. Other choices: the distractors come from omitting an adjustment, using the wrong rate, or applying a rounded shortcut for calculation item 297.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
The calculation gives $70,493 for the stated unit price addition.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: $63,443
unit price addition, choice a: $63,443 is wrong because $63,443 prices 404.1 units at $157.
Option C: $77,542
unit price addition, choice c: $77,542 prices 493.9 units at $157.
Option D: $88,116
unit price addition, choice d: $88,116 is wrong because $88,116 prices 561.25 units at $157.
Memory Technique
Picture a ledger line labeled unit price addition: finish every operation before accepting $70,493.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Project Management, 5th Ed. (2022); use the index entry or section for "unit price addition calculation" to confirm that The calculation gives $70,493 for the stated unit price addition.
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