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The time that it takes a randomly selected employee to perform a certain task is approximately normally distributed with a mean value of 120 seconds and a standard deviation of 20 seconds. The slowest 10% (that is, the 10% with the longest times) are to be given remedial training. What times qualify for the remedial training?


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