Given an activity with optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely durations of 5 days, 17 days, and 8 days respectively, what is the expected completion time?

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19 Jan 2019
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The expected time (TE) is calculated using the formula: (Optimistic + 4 × Most Likely + Pessimistic) / 6. Substituting the values: (5 + 4×8 + 17) / 6 = (5 + 32 + 17) / 6 = 54 / 6 = 9 days.

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