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A father notes that when his teenage daughter uses the telephone, she takes not less than 6 minutes for a call and som? times as much as an hour. Fifteen minutes call are more frequent than calls of any other duration. If these phone calls were an activity in PERT project, then phone calls expected duration will be

A. 15 minutes

B. 20.143 minutes

C. 21 minutes

D. 27 minutes

Answer: Option C


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  1. Hiren
    Hiren :
    4 years ago

    (6+4*15+60)/6 = 21

  2. Muhammad Noman
    Muhammad Noman :
    4 years ago

    Minimum time=6 min
    Maximum time=60 minutes
    Frequent time=15 minutes
    Expected time=[6+(4*15)+60]
    Answer=21 minutes

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