We know the standard deviation of a distribution is the square root of the variance,
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From the practice problems from Week 6,
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so
(3 - 2.25)2(0.30) + (4 - 2.25)2(0.15) = 1.3875. So .
Since the two times are independent, the total variance is . So seconds.
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