Assig?

Ring $C$

apter $16(1)$

The president of a consulting firm wants to minimize the total number of hours it will take to complete four projects for a new client. Accors. estimated the time it should take for each of her top consultants $-$ Charlie, Betty, Johnny, and Rick $-$ to complete any of the four projects, as follows:

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$\backslash$table$[[,$Project $($Hours$)],[$Consultant$,$A$,$B$,$C$,$D$,],[$Charlie$,13,16,11,13,],[$Betty$,11,15,14,18,],[$Johnny$,15,22,12,15,],[$Rick$,17,17,12,22,]]$

Assume there must be one$-$to$-$one matching between consultants and projects. After the row and column reductions, what is the resulting entry in the new table for assigning Rick to project $D?$

Multiple Choice

$8$ hours

$9$ hours

$10$ hour