The time it takes an employee to package the components of a certain product is normally distributed with ? = 7.5 and ? = 1.5 minutes. As an incentive, management has decided to give a bonus to the 25% of employees who took the shortest amount of time to package the components. Find the amount of time taken to package the components that will indicate that an employee should get a bonus. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) An employee must package components in a time     minutes.

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The time it takes an employee to package the components of a certain product is normally distributed with ? = 7.5 and ? = 1.5 minutes. As an incentive, management has decided to give a bonus to the 25% of employees who took the shortest amount of time to package the components. Find the amount of time taken to package the components that will indicate that an employee should get a bonus. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

An employee must package components in a time     minutes.

 

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