Question

Supervisor: "We are asking everyone to focus on reducing their average transaction
time by 10%. The average transaction time for this location is 6 minutes and 52
seconds."
Employee: "So we have to get the average transaction time down to
5 minutes, 52 seconds
6 minutes, 11 seconds
6 minutes, 18 seconds
6 minutes, 24 seconds
6 minutes, 32 seconds
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Answer 1

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Answer:

 6 minutes, 11 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

In seconds the average transaction time is ...

  6 min 52 s = 6(60 s) +52s = 412 s

Reducing this by 10% will cut it to 1 -10% = 90% of this value, or ...

  (412 s)(0.9) = 370.8 s

In minutes and seconds, this is 6(60 s) +10.8 s = 6 min 10.8 s.

The average transaction time must be reduced to about 6 min 11 s.