document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=263212>Question 263212</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An employer wants to set a time limit so that 95% of the employees will finish a job on time.  Past history has shown that the time required to do the job is normally distributed and has a mean time of 30 minutes with a standard deviation of 8 minutes.  How much time should the employer allow employees to finish the job? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find invNorm(0.95) = 1.645<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find x = zs + u = 1.645*8 + 30 = 43.16 minutes is the cut-off time.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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