Management would like to complete the project in less than $16$ days. Management has determined that activity Upper E can be crashed $0\mathrm{.}5$days$,$ for a total cost of $$$$5$ comma $000.$ No other activities can be crashed.

After$$ crashing,

A$,$ C$,$ E$,$ and G

is the critical path. The entire project will take

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$19\mathrm{.}5$ days. $($Enter your response rounded to one decimal$$ place.$)$