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A construction project was 40% complete at month five. The actual cost so far was $100,000; the schedule variance was $20,000 and the spending variance was $-15,000. Compute the earned value completed and the total planned cost for the project at completion.

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Cost Variance = EV - AC
=> -15,000 = EV - 100,000
=> 85,000 = ...

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