What is the standard time

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Virginia College promotes a wide variety of executive training courses for firms in the Arlington, Virginia, region. Director Wendy Tate believes that individually written letters add a personal touch to marketing. To prepare letters for mailing, she conducts a time study of her secretaries. On the basis of the observations shown in the following table, she wishes to develop a time standard for the whole job. The college uses a total allowance factor of 12%. Tate decides to delete all unusual observations from the time study. What is the standard time?

Element	Observations (Minutes)						Performance Rating (%)
Element	1	2	3	4	5	6	Performance Rating (%)
Typing letter	2.5	3.5	2.8	2.1	2.6	3.3	85
Typing envelop	.8	.8	.6	.8	3.1^a	.7	100
Stuffing envelope	.4	.5	1.9^a	.3	.6	.5	95
Sealing, sorting	1.0	2.9^b	.9	1.0	4.4^b	.9	125

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