Reworking the Cost Allocation Table

Using this subject's illustrative relative-cost-multiplier framework (cheap = 1x, mid-tier = 5x, reasoning = 15x), a new deep research query decomposes into 4 sub-questions instead of 5, and this time 3 of the 4 sub-agents' sources conflict (need reasoning-tier analysis) while only 1 has consistent sources.

1. Compute the total relative cost for: clarification (1 cheap call), plan generation (1 reasoning call), sub-agent search/extraction (4 cheap calls), sub-agent analysis (3 reasoning + 1 cheap, per the scenario), aggregation (1 cheap call), outline planning (1 mid-tier call), citation agent (1 reasoning call).
2. Compare this total to an all-reasoning allocation (every one of the 11 calls at 15x) and an all-cheap allocation (every call at 1x). What does the comparison tell you about how allocation savings scale with how many sub-agents actually need escalation?
3. If you could only change one thing about this query's outcome to reduce cost without touching quality-critical stages, what would you change and why?