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The time it takes for a ferry to reach a summer resort from the mainland is Normally distributed with mean 2 hours and standard deviation 12 minutes. The advertised duration of the trip is 2 hours and 15 minutes. The company operating the ferry would like to increase its operational efficiency by reducing the standard deviation so that they are on time 95% of the time. How much do they have to reduce the standard deviation

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2.88 minutes

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The time it takes for a ferry to reach a summer resort from the mainland is Normally-example-1
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