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:

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Observation $1-$ Time $($seconds$)46$

Observation $2-$ Time $($seconds$)38$

Observation $3-$ Time $($seconds$)40$

Observation $4-$ Time $($seconds$)34$

Observation $5-$ Time $($seconds$)42$

Observation $6-$ Time $($seconds$)40$

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What is the observed time for this task?

Group of answer choices

$40$ seconds

None of the choices

$34$ seconds

$46$ seconds

$48$ seconds