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The purchased cost of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger (floating-head and carbon-steel tubes) with 100 m2 of heating surface was $4500 in 1990. What will be the 1990 purchased cost of a similar heat exchanger with 20 m2 of heating surface if the purchased cost capacity expo- nent is 0.60 for surface areas ranging from 10 to 40 m2? If the purchased cost capacity expo- nent for this type of exchanger is 0.81 for surface areas ranging from 40 to 200 m2, what will be the purchased cost of a heat exchanger with 100 m2 of heating surface in 2000?