A Small Flower Shop Takes Orders by Phone and Then $8.96$

question 14

Multiple Choice

A small flower shop takes orders by phone and then one of the staff florists is assigned to prepare the arrangement.The time it takes to process phone orders is normally distributed With a mean of 6 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.5 minutes.The time it takes for an Arrangement to be completed is normally distributed with a mean of 35 minutes and a Standard deviation of 8.6 minutes.What is the standard deviation for the total time to process A phone order and complete the floral arrangement at this flower shop (assuming times are Independent) ?

• A) \(8.96\) minutes
• B) 41 minutes
• C) \(80.28\) minutes 2
• D) \(4.87\) minutes
• E) \(12.43\) minutes

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