For your next 10k race of the athletics season, you consider competingin either Sheffield, Cardiff, or Birmingham. After considering resultsfrom past years and the three different routes, you estimate your prizemoney, which will also depend on your form on the day. Theseestimated prizes are shown in the following table:Good form Average form Bad form0Sheffield 1000Cardiff700Birmingham 800400500600200100Which condition must a satisfy such that Birmingham is the optimalcity to go compete, according tothe optimism-pessimism rule?

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