What should be the average battery life of Macbook Pro 13 Late 2011 running on Yosemite now?

I have the mentioned macbook. Its battery lasts about 3.5 hrs on normal use like browsing fb, using keynote and about 1-1.5 hour of youtube. Is it normal for this use or something wrong in my mac

Hello, himanshu21092.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand you have battery concerns and appreciate the information you provided about your usage patterns. I would recommend going through the troubleshooting section of the article below as they may provide a resolution.
Mac notebooks: All about batteries
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054
Cheers,
Jason H.

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Seriennummer:
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Pack Lot Code:          0
PCB Lot Code:          0
Firmware-Version:          702
Hardware-Version:          000a
Zellen-Version:          379
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