Question: Use the information below to answer questions 3 through 1 0 . The cadet laundry service at USAFA is outsourced to a company based near

Use the information below to answer questions
3
through
1
0
.
The cadet laundry service at USAFA is outsourced to a company based near Woodmen & Powers in Colorado Springs. The company makes three trips each week between the laundry facility and USAFA, but the road conditions can have a fairly significant impact on travel time. The driver will take one of three routes to get to USAFA each day: via Woodmen Rd & Academy Blvd
,
Interquest Pkwy & I
-
2
5
or Powers Blvd & North Gate Blvd
.
If road conditions are good, North Gate tends to be the fastest route; if they are bad, one of the other routes is usually better. Over the past
6
months the company has collected data on the average time
(
in minutes
)
it takes using each route and has summarized the findings as follows:
Route
Road Conditions
Travel Time
Woodmen & Academy
Clear
4
0
Wet
4
5
Snowy
5
0
Icy
6
0
Interquest & I
-
2
5
Clear
4
0
Wet
4
5
Snowy
4
5
Icy
7
5
Powers & North Gate
Clear
3
5
Wet
5
5
Snowy
6
0
Icy
7
0
Over the course of the year, road conditions have historically been clear
5
0
%
of the time, wet
1
0
%
of the time, snow
-
packed
2
5
%
of the time, and icy
1
5
%
of the time.
How much time should the company be willing to trade for forecasts that are always correct prior to starting a trip up to USAFA? Round your answer to 2 decimals, and do NOT include any units

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