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A driver stopped on a minor-road approach will turn left onto a two-lane highway with a design speed of 45 mph. The driver's eye is 20.0 ft from the center of the near highway lane. Looking left, the driver's line of sight just clears the corner of a building, which is 14.0 ft from that lane center and 120 ft from the driver's eye, measured parallel to the highway. For a vehicle approaching in the near lane at the design speed, the time gap the available sight distance provides is most nearly: