The Owner of Kat Motel Wants to Develop a Time

question 100

Multiple Choice

The owner of Kat Motel wants to develop a time standard for the task of cleaning a cat cage. In a preliminary study, she observed one of her workers perform this task six times, with the following results: $$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Observation } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\\hline \text { Time(Seconds) } & 99 & 87 & 90 & 81 & 93 & 90 \\\hline\end{array}$$ What is the standard time for this task if the employee worked at a 50 percent faster pace than average, and an allowance of 20 percent of job time is used?

• A) 90 seconds
• B) 99 seconds
• C) 100 seconds
• D) 162 seconds
• E) 150 seconds

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