You Were Told That the Amount of Time Lapsed Between

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Short Answer

You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the New York Stock Exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. You were also told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. The probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. The middle 60% of the time lapsed will fall between which two numbers?

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Definitions:

Payback Period

The length of time required to recover the cost of an investment.

IRR

The rate at which the projected cash flows of an investment will yield a net present value of zero, used as a measure to assess the profitability of investments.

Terminal Value

The estimated value of a business or project beyond the forecasted period when future cash flows can be projected.

Non-normal Cash Flows

Cash flow patterns that do not fit the standard uniform or incrementally changing scenario, often impacting investment analysis.