Read the following information about the transportation industry and answer the questionsTransportation SafetyThe chart shows the number of job-related injuries for each of the transportation industries for1998.a. What are the variables understudy?Variable is number of job related injuries in a specific type of transportationindustry in 1998 b. Categorize each variable as quantitative .Categorize each quantitative variable as discrete orcontinuousDiscreted. Identify the level of measurement for each of thevariablenumber of injuriese.

Suppose that a major city’s main thoroughfare, which is also an interstate highway, will be completely closed to traffic for two years, from january 2014 to december 2015, for reconstruction at a cost of $535 million. if the construction company were to keep the highway open for traffic during construction, the highway reconstruction project would take much longer and be more expensive. suppose that construction would take four years if the highway were kept open, at a total cost of $800 million. the state department of transportation had to make its decision in 2014, one year before the start of construction (so that the first payment was one year away). so the department of transportation had the following choices: (i) close the highway during construction, at an annual cost of $267.5 million per year for two years. (ii) keep the highway open during construction, at an annual cost of $200 million per year for four years. now suppose the interest rate is 80%. calculate the present value of the costs incurred under each plan.