E$4-17($Algo$)$ Identifying Value$-$Added and Non$-$Value$-$Added Activities $[$LO $4-8]$

Corey Hart has just opened an interior design business. Corey is targeting customers in established neighborhoods who want to restore and update their homes. Corey Hart$$s staff of interior designers perform the following activities on a daily basis:

Activity Time

Advertising $1$ hour

Answering client questions $3\mathrm{.}25$ hours

Billing clients $4\mathrm{.}2$ hours

Cleaning the office $1\mathrm{.}75$ hours

Client consultations $($in$-$home$)5\mathrm{.}7$ hours

Completing paperwork for client file $1$ hour

Designing $3\mathrm{.}25$ hours

Entertaining prospective clients for lunch $3\mathrm{.}25$ hours

On$-$site supervision of installers $5$ hours

Staff meeting $1\mathrm{.}75$ hours

Required:

Compute the time spent each day on value$-$added and non$-$value$-$added activities.

Note: Round your answers to $2$ decimal places.