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After training, Mary Fernandez, a computer technician, had an average observed time for memory-chip tests of
10 seconds. Mary's performance rating is 105%.
The firm has a personal fatigue and delay allowance of
18%.
a) The normal time for this process = ? seconds (round your response to two decimal places).
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