Claims received by Healthwise Insurance Company are entered into the database at one station, and sent to another station for review. The processing time (in minutes) required for each general type of claim is shown here. Currently, Bill Frazier has 10 claims to be reviewed. In what order should he process the claims so that the entire batch can get into the system as soon as possible? How long will it take to process the 10 claims completely?
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Classification
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Processing Time
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Date Entry
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Review
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1. Medicare I
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8
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6
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2. Physician 24
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15
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9
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3. Medicare II
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6
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5
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4. Physician 4
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5
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10
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5. HMO I
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17
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15
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6. Physician 17
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9
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10
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7. Emergency II
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5
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3
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8. HMO II
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4
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15
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9. Physician 37
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12
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10
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10. Emergency I
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20
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4
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