A methods and measurements analyst for Digital Devices needs to develop a time standard for the task of assembling a computer mouse. In a preliminary study, she observed one of her workers perform this task six times with the following results:

Observation 1 2 3 4 5 6

Time (secs) 46 38 40 34 42 40

What is the normal time for this task if the employee worked at a 20 percent faster pace than average?=