An Activity Has an Optimistic Time Estimate of 7 Days,a

question 67

Multiple Choice

An activity has an optimistic time estimate of 7 days,a most likely estimate of 12 days,and a pessimistic estimate of 20 days.What is the expected standard deviation of the activity?

• A)between 2 and 3 days
• B)between 3 and 4 days
• C)between 4 and 5 days
• D)between 5 and 6 days

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