It takes 0.4 hrs to drive from the garage to the head of the route, 0.4 hrs to drive between the route head and disposal site and 0.25 hrs to return from the disposal site. It takes 0.2 hrs to offload a truck at the disposal site. The crew is permitted two 15-minute breaks and a further 30 minutes for miscellaneous delays. It two runs are made to the deposit site each day, how much time is left in an 8-hr nominal duty duration for refuse collection before starting to return to garage from disposal site? Take loading time as 30 minutes. (a) 4.15 hrs (b) 4.25 hrs (c) 4.75 hrs (d) 4.85 hrs

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(a) 4.15 hrs

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