The president of a consulting firm wants to minimize the total number of hours it will take to complete four projects for a new client. Accordingly, she hasestimated the time it should take for each of her top consultants-Charlie, Betty, Johnny, and Rick-to complete any of the four projects, as follows:Project (Hours)ConsultantACharlie13Betty11Johnny15Rick17BCENTВCD161113151418221215171222Assume there must be one-to-one matching between consultants and projects. After the row and column reductions, what is the resulting entry in the newtable for assigning Rick to project D?0 hours8 hours10 hours9 hours22 hours

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