The Department of Defense uses an area cost factor (ACF) to compensate for variations in construction costs in different parts of the country and world. If a cold storage warehouse cost $1,050,000 in Rapid City, South Dakota, where the ACF is 0.91, and the cost of a similar facility built in Andros Island, The Bahamas, is $2,500,000, what is the ACF for Andros Island

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