Question: You have the following data from a work sampling study. There were five operators sampled and the sampling was done over three, eight - hour

You have the following data from a work sampling study. There were five operators sampled and the sampling was done
over three, eight-hour workdays (total of 24 hours/operator). In this three-day period there were 175 products produced by
these operators. Work using a vertical bandsaw is one important task performed by these workers. The supervisor says
that each of these operators are experienced and excellent employees and should receive a 110% performance rating and
the PFD allowance for this department is 9%. Each operator was sampled 55 times and the number of times that the drill
press operation was observed was as follows: Operator 120 times; Operator 228 times; Operator 321 times;
Operator 422 times; Operator 523 times. What is the standard time for the drill press operation for this product?

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