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 20% that the time elapsed will be shorter how many seconds?

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