Virginia College promotes a wide variety of executive training courses for firms in the Arlington, Virginia, region. Director Wendy Tate believes that individually typed letters add a personal touch to marketing. To prepare letters for mailing, she conducts a time study of her secretaries. On the basis of the observations shown in the following table, she wishes to develop a time standard for the whole job. Performance Observation (minutes per cycle) Element Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Typing letter 80 % 2.6 3.5 2.9 2.0 2.5 3.2 Typing envelope 110 % 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 3.2 * 0.8 Stuffing envelope 90 % 0.4 0.5 1.8 * 0.2 0.5 0.6 Sealing, sorting 120 % 1.1 2.8 ^ 0.9 1.0 4.5 ^ 0.8 * Disregard—secretary stopped to answer the phone ^ Disregard—interruption by supervisor The college uses a total allowance factor of 10%. Tate decides to delete all unusual observations from the time study. Part 2 The standard time for this process = enter your response here minutes (round your response to two decimal places).

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Virginia College promotes a wide variety of executive training courses for firms in the Arlington, Virginia, region. Director Wendy Tate believes that individually typed letters add a personal touch to marketing. To prepare letters for mailing, she conducts a time study of her secretaries. On the basis of the observations shown in the following table, she wishes to develop a time standard for the whole job.

	Performance	Observation (minutes per cycle)
Element	Rating	1		2		3		4		5		6
Typing letter	80	%	2.6		3.5		2.9		2.0		2.5		3.2
Typing envelope	110	%	0.9		0.7		0.6		0.7		3.2	*	0.8
Stuffing envelope	90	%	0.4		0.5		1.8	*	0.2		0.5		0.6
Sealing, sorting	120	%	1.1		2.8	^	0.9		1.0		4.5	^	0.8