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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 a backlog of 10 claims. In what order should he process the claims so that the entire batch is finished as soon as possible? How long will it take to completely process the 10 claims?
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