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A civil engineering firm designs bridges to span great distances. Years ago, the firm's first design took approximately 1,000 hours to develop. It has subsequently been able to reduce the time, quite dramatically, and believes it is operating on a 70 percent learning curve. Its next bridge design is to span the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro and will be the 331st bridge it will have designed. How long will it take to design this unique bridge?
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