The number of emails a professor receives per day is observed to be a Poisson random variable with variance 81. The professor replies to each email with probability 2/3, independently of all other emails, and each reply takes five minutes to write. What is the expected length of time spent writing email replies per day (to the nearest minute)?

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The number of emails a professor receives per day is observed to be a Poisson random variable with variance 81. The professor replies to each email with probability 2/3, independently of all other emails, and each reply takes five minutes to write. What is the expected length of time spent writing email replies per day (to the nearest minute)?
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