You Were Told That the Amount of Time Elapsed Between

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Short Answer

You were told that the amount of time elapsed between consecutive trades on a foreign stock exchange market followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds.You were also told that the probability that the time elapsed between two consecutive trades to fall between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%.The probability that the time elapsed between two consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%.The probability is 80% that the time elapsed will be longer than how many seconds?

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Definitions:

Allocation Methods

Allocation methods are accounting strategies used to distribute costs or revenues among different departments, products, or processes within a company.

Overhead Costs

Indirect expenses related to the operation of a business that are not directly assignable to a specific product or service.

Direct Labor Hours

The total hours worked by employees directly involved in the manufacturing of a product or the provision of a service.

Machine Hours

A measure of production time used in cost accounting to allocate costs to products or job orders, based on the hours a machine is operated.