TIME & WORK

[Note of Paltu Mahajan (9231503079)]

(01) A can do a work in 25 days and B can do the same work in 20 days . They work together for 5 days and then A goes away . In
how many days will B finish the work ? (i) 10 days (ii) 14 days (iii) 20 days (iv) 11 days .
(02)A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can complete the same piece of work in 25 days . If they start the work together but
after 6 days A left the work . In how many days the total work would be finished ?
(03)A can do a piece of work in 18 days and B in 12 days . They began the work together , but B left the work 3 days before its
completion . In how many days , in all was the work completed ? (i) 12 days (ii) 10 days (iii) 9.6 days (iv) 9 days .
(04) A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in 20 days . They begin together but A leaves 2 days before the completion of the
work . The whole work will be done in : (i) 6 days (ii) 4 days (iii) 8 days (iv) 9 days .
(05)A can complete a project in 20 days and B can complete the same project in 30 days. If A and B start working on the project together and A quits 10 days
before the project is completed, in how many days will the project be completed?
(i) 18 days (ii) 27 days (iii) 26.67 days (iv) 16 days (v) 12 days [RBI Officer Grade Phase – I Exam 17.06.2017]
(06) If A does a work in 10 days , B does the same work in 20 days . If after working for 5 days A leave the work and remaining
work is done by B . Then how much more days will B take complete the work .
(07)A can do a piece of work in 10 days while B can do it in 15 days . They begin together but 5 days before the completion of
work , B leaves off . Find the number of days for the work to be completed ? (i) 7 (ii) 6 (iii) 9 (iv) 8 .
(08)A and B can do a piece of work in 60 and 75 days respectively . Both begin together but after certain days A leave off . In such
a case B finishes the remaining work in 30 days . After how may days A leave ? (i) 25 (ii) 20 (iii) 21 (iv) 24 .
(09) A and B can do a piece of work in 40 and 50 days respectively . Both together began but after certain time, A leaves off . In
this case B finishing the remaining work in 20 days . After how many days A leave ?
1 1 1 4
ሺ݅ሻ 13 ሺ݅݅ሻ 12 ሺ݅݅݅ሻ 12 ሺ݅‫ݒ‬ሻ 13 .
3 7 3 3
(10) A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do it in 18 days . They work together for 2 days and then A leaves . How long
will B take to finish the remaning work ?
(11)A and B can complete a piece of work in 24 days and 36 days respectively . They start the work but 3 days before completion
of work , A left . In how many days will the total work be completed ?
(12)Rahul can do a piece of work in 20 days while Santosh can do it in 12 days. Santosh worked at it for 9 days and left. Rahul can
finish the remaining work in : (i) 11 days (ii) 7 days (iii) 5 days (iv) 3 days . [SSC CHSL DEO & LDC 2012]
(13)X can do a piece of work in 14 days which Y can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the completion of the
work , X leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is :
ଷ ଵ
ሺ݅ሻ 6 ݀ܽ‫ݏݕ‬ ሺ݅݅ሻ 8.5 ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅݅݅ሻ 10 ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅‫ݒ‬ሻ 13.5 ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬.
ହ ହ
(14)A can finish certain piece of work in 8 days and B can finish same piece of work in 12 days . They started working together and
A left the work 2 days before completion of the work. In how many days work will be completed ?
(15)A can do a piece of work in 16 days and B in 20 days . They started working together. How many days before completion of
work B should leave the work so that work is finished in 10 days ?
(16) A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and 35 days respectively . They began to work together but A leaves after sometime and
B completed remaining work in 17 days . After how many days did A leave ?
ଶ ହ
(i) 14 ହ days (ii) 9 days (iii) 8 days (iv) 7 ଽ days [SSC CPO 2003]
(17)A and B can complete a work in 5 days and 15 days respectively. They both work for one day and then A leaves. In how many days the
remaining work gets completed by B? (i) 11 days (ii) 12 days (iii) 15 days (iv) 8 days
(18)A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do the same work in 18 days. If A works for three days and then quits, in how many days will
the remaining work be completed by B alone? (i) 13.5 (ii) 9 (iii) 16.1 (iv) 12
(19)A and B can do a job in 15 days and 10 days, respectively. They began the work together but A leaves after some days and B finished the
remaining job in 5 days. After how many days did A leave? (i) 2 days (ii) 3 days (iii) 1 day (iv) none of these
(20)A and B can do a work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work together, but A left after some time and B finished the
remaining work in 23 days. After how many days did A leave? (i) 5 days (ii) 8 days (iii) 6 days (iv) 9 days
(21) A can do a piece of work in 18 days . He worked at it for 12 days and B finished the remaining work in 8 days . B alone can do
the whole work in : (i) 16 days (ii) 24 days (iii) 35 days (vi) 28 days
(22)A can do a work in 36 days while B can do the same work in 63 days. They started work together but after 7 days A left the work and B
ଷ
completed the work. For how many days B worked alone more than the number of days required when both worked together. (i) 43
ସ
ଷ଻ ଼ ଵ଻
days (ii) 20 days (iii) 22 days (iv) 21 days
ସସ ଵଵ ସସ
(23)A and B together can complete a piece of work in 8 days , B alone can complete that work in 12 days . B alone worked for four
days . After that how long will A alone takes to complete the work ? (i) 15 days (ii) 18 days (iii) 16 days (iv) 20 days
(24)P and Q can complete a job in 24 days working together. P alone can complete it in 32 days . Both of them worked together
for 8 days and then P left . The number of days Q will take to complete the remaining work is ?
(25) A and B can do a piece of work in 24 days . After 20 days B left the work , now 26 days are required to complete the work .
Find in how many days B can do the work . (i) 60 days (ii) 72 days (iii) 78 days (iv) 63 days .
(26)A and B together can complete a work in 10 days . They started together but A left after 2 days and the remaining work was
completed by B in 12 days . In how many days can A complete the entire work while working alone ?
(i) 15 (ii) 20 (iii) 30 (vi) 45
(27)A and B can together complete a task in 18 hours . After 6 hours A leaves B takes 36 hours to finish rest of the task . How
many hours would A leave taken to do the task if he worked alone ? (i) 54 (ii) 45 (iii) 21 (iv) 27
(28)A and B together can complete a piece of work in 3 days . They start together . But , after 2 days , B left the work , If the work
is completed after 2 next days . B alone could do the work in : (i) 10 days (ii) 4 days (iii) 6 days (iv) 8 days
(29) A and B can together finish a work in 30 days . They started at it for 10 days together and then B left . The remaining work
was done by A alone in 30 more days . B alone can finish the work in …… (days)
(30)A man and a boy can complete a piece of work together in 24 days . If for the last six days boy alone does the work then it is
completed in 28 days . How long the man will take to complete the work alone ?
(i) 72 days (ii) 20 days (iii) 24 days (iv) 36 days [SSC Section Officer 2005]
(31)A and B together can complete a work in 20 days they started together but after 4 days A left the work the remaining work
was completed by B alone 24 more days . In how many days can A complete the entire work alone ?
(i) 75 (ii) 25 (iii) 45 (iv) 60 [SSC CPO 2017]
(32)Tom and Sam could finish a work in 'a' days. They worked together for 'b' days; then Tom fell sick and the remaining work was done by
Sam in 'c' days. In how many days could each of them finish the work?
௔௖ ௔௖ ௔ ௔
(i) Tom = ௖ି௔ା௕ days , Sam = days (ii) Tom = ௖ି௔ା௕ days , Sam = ௔ି௕ days
௔ି௕
௔௖ ௔௖ ௔௖ మ ௔௖ మ
(iii) Tom = ௖ା௔ି௕ days , Sam = ௕ି௔
days (iv) Tom = ௖ି௔ା௕ days , Sam = ௕ି௔
days
(33)A can do a piece of work in 8 days which B can destroy in 3 days . A has worked for 6 days , during the last 2 days of which B
has been destroying . How many days must A now work alone to complete the work ?
ଵ ଶ
(i) 7 days (iii) 7 ଷ days (iii) 7 ଷ days (iv) 8 days [SSC MTS 2013]
(34)A can build up a wall in 8 days while B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4 days and then B joined to work with A for another 2 days
only. In how many days will A alone build up the remaining part of wall?
ଵ ଵ ଵ
(i) 13 ଷ days (ii) 7 ଷ days (iii) 6 ଷ days (iv) 7 days
(35) A , B and C can do a job working alone in 6 , 9 and 18 days respectively . They all work together for 1 day , then A and B quit .
How many days C working alone will take to complete the remaining of the job ?
(i) 9 (ii) 6 (iii) 12 (iv) 10 [SSC CGL Tier – I 2017]
(36)A can finish a piece of work in 24 days , B in 9 days and C in 12 days B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days
ଵ
. The remaining work was done by A in : (i) 5 days (ii) 6 days (iii) 10 days (iv) 10 ଶ days [SSC CGL Tier – I 2003]
(37)A can complete a piece of work in 18 days , B completes in 20 days and C in 30 days , B and C together started the work and
forced to leave after 2 days . The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is :
(i) 10 days (ii) 12 days (iii) 15 days (iv) 16 days [SSC CGL Tier – I 2010]
(38)A can complete a job in 9 days , B in 10 days and C in 15 days . B and C start the work and are forced to leave after 2 days .
The time taken by A complete the remaining work is : (i) 13 days (ii) 10 days (iii) 9 days (iv) 6 days .
(39)A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30 days . They work together for 7 days and then both leave the work . Then C
alone finishs the remaining work in 10 days . In how many days will C finish the full work ?
(i) 25 days (ii) 30 days (iii) 24 days (iv) 20 days [SSC CGL Tier – II 2013]
(40)A , B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively . A left the work 5 days before the work was
completed and B left 2 days after A had left . Number of days required to completed the whole work was :
ଶ ଶ
(i) 8 ଷ days (ii) 6 days (iii) 6 ଷ days (iv) 7 days [SSC MTS 2013] [SSC CHSL DEO & LDC 2015]
(41)A , B and C can complete a work in 10 , 12 and 15 days respectively . All of them starts together but after 2 days A leaves the
job and B left the job 3 days before the work was completed , C completed the remaining work alone , in how many days was
the total work completed ? (i) 5 (ii) 6 (iii) 7 (iv) 8
(42)A , B and C can finished a work in 12 , 15 and 20 days respectively . They start work together . After 2 days , A left the work
and C left the work 2 days before completion the work . In how many days work was completed .
(i) 8 days (ii) 11 days (iii) 10 days (iv) 6 days .
(43)A , B & C can complete a work separately in 24 , 36 and 48 days respectively . They started together but C left after 4 days of
start and A left 3 days before the completion of the work . In how many days the work will be completed ?
(i) 7 days (ii) 8 days (iii) 12 days (iv) 15 days
(44)A , B and C can do a piece of work in 20 , 25 and 30 days respectively . They started the work together after 2 days of start of
work A quits and 3 days after A , B quits. In how many days the total work would be finished ?
(i) 18 days (ii) 21 days (iii) 24 days (iv) 25 days
(45) A can complete a piece of work in 10 days , B in 15 days and C in 20 days , A and C worked together for two days and then A
was replaced by B . In how many days , altogether , work was completed ?
(i) 12 days (ii) 10 days (iii) 6 days (iv) 8 days [SSC CGL Tier – I 1999]
ଵ
(46)A , B and C can do a job in 6 days , 12 days and 15 days respectively . After ଼ of the work is completed C leaves the job . Rest
of the work is done by A and B together . Time taken to finish the remaining work is :
ହ ଵ ଵ ଷ
(i) 5 ଺ days (ii) 5 ସ days (iii) 3 ଶ days (iv) 3 ସ days [SSC CGL Tier – II 2014]
(47)A , B and C can do a piece of work in 20 , 24 and 30 days respectively . All three of them began the work together but B left
3 days before completion of the work , in how many days was the work completed ?
(i) 7 (ii) 0 (iii) 12 (iv) 9 [SSC CGL Tier – II 2015]
(48)A , B and C can complete a work in 20, 24 and 30 days respectively . All of them starts together but after 4 days A leaves the
job and B left the job 6 days before the work was completed . C completed the remaining work alone . In how many days was
the total work completed ? (i) 10 (ii) 12 (iii) 14 (iv) 16
(49)A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 20 days . If they together work on it for 5 days , and remaining work is completed
by C in 3 days , then in how many days can C do the same work alone ?
(i) 10 days (ii) 9 days (iii) 12 days (iv) 15 days [SSC CPO 2016]
(50)Ramesh and Rahaman can do a work in 20 and 25 days respectively . After doing collectively 10 days of work , they leave the
work due to illness and Suresh completes rest of the work in 3 days . How many days Suresh alone can take to complete the
whole work ? (i) 32 days (ii) 28 days (iii) 29 days (iv) 30 days [SSC CGL Tier – II 2016]
(51)A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 12 days . They work together for 3 days . Then B leaves and A alone
continues 2 days after that C joins and the work is completed in 2 days . In how many days can C do it , if he works alone ?
(i) 30 days (ii) 50 days (iii) 40 days (iv) 60 days [SSC CGL Tier – II 2016]
(52)A and B can separately finish a piece of work in 20 days and 15 days respectively . They worked together for 6 days , after
which B was replaced by C . If the work was finished in next 4 days , then the number of days in which C alone could do the
work is : (i) 60 days (ii) 40 days (iii) 50 days (iv) 30 days
(53)A , B and C can do a job working alone in 50 , 75 and 20 days respectively . They all work together for 4 days , then C quits.
How many days will A and B take to finish the rest of the job ? (i) 20 (ii) 30 (iii) 18 (iv) 24
ଵ
(54)A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 7 ଶ days, 15 days and 20 days respectively. They started the work together and A left 2 days
before completion of the work and B left 3 days before the completion of the work. In how many days was the work completed.
଻ ଵଷ
(i) 6 days (ii) 9 days (iii) 9 ଵଷ days (iv) 5 ଵହ days
(55)A can do some work in 24 days, B can do it in 32 days and C can do it in 60 days. They start working together. A left after 6 days and B left
after working for 8 days. How many more days are required to complete the whole work? (i) 30 (ii) 25 (iii) 22 (iv) 20
(56)A, B and C can do work in 8, 16 and 24 days respectively. They all begin together. A continues to work till it is finished, C leaving off 2 days
and B one day before its completion. In what time is the work finished? (i) 3 days (ii) 4 days (iii) 5 days (iv) 8 days
(57)A can do a piece of work in 16 days, B in 10 days . A and B work at it together for 6 days and then C finishes it in 3 days, in
how many days could C have done it alone ? (i) 40 days (ii) 80 days (iii) 90 days (iv) 120 days (v) none of these .
(58)A , B and C together can finish a work in 10 days. A alone can do it in 24 days while B can do it in 30 days . A and B work
together for 12 days and leave the rest of the work to be completed by C . How many days will C take to do the rest of the
work ?
(59)A & B can complete a work in 8 days , working together . B alone can do it in 12 days. After working for 4 days , B left the
work. How many days will A take to complete the remaining work ? (i) 12 days (ii) 16 days (iii) 20 days (iv) 24 days
(60)A and B can together finish a work in 30 days . They worked together for 20 days and then B left and A finished the remaining
work in 20 days so, A can finish whole work in :
(i) 50 days (ii) 60 days (iii) 48 days (iv) 54 days [SSC CHSL DEO & LDC 2013] [SSC CGL Tier – I 2014]
(61)A and B together can complete a job in 8 days . Both B and C , working alone can finish the same job in 12 days . A and B
commence work on the job , and work for 4 day , where upon A leaves , B continues for 2 more days , and then he leaves too
, C now starts working and finishes the job . How many days will C require to finish the remaining work ?
(i) 5 days (ii) 8 days (iii) 3 days (iv) 4 days [SSC CGL Tier – I 2014]
଺଴
(62)P and Q together can do a job in 6 days . Q and R can finish the same job in days . P started the work and worked for 3
଻
days Q and R continued for 6 days to finish the work . Then the difference of days in which R and P can complete the job
alone is : (i) 10 days (ii) 8 days (iii) 12 days (iv) 15 days [SSC CGL Tier – II 2015]
(63)To complete a work. A and B take 30 days, B and C take 24 days, and C and A take 20 days. They all start together and work for 5 days
after which B and C leave. How many more days will A take to finish the remaining work? (i) 11 (ii) 28 (iii) 33 (iv) 18
(64)A piece of work can be done by A and B in 10 days, by B and C in 15 days and by C and A in 20 days. All three worked for 6 days and then A
withdrew. B and C worked for another 4 days and then B stopped working. How many more days will C take to complete the remaining
work? (i) 12 (ii) 12.5 (iii) 10.33 (iv) 10
(65)A and B can finish a work in 10 days while B and C can do it in 18 days. A started the work, worked for 5 days, then B worked for 10 days
and the remaining work was finished by C in 15 days. In how many days could C alone have finished the whole work?
(i) 30 days (ii) 15 days (iii) 45 days (iv) 24 days
(66)A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days which B and C together can do in 16 days. After A has been working at it for 5 days, and B for 7
days, C takes up and finishes it in 13 days. In how many days could each do the work by himself?
(i) 8 , 16 , 24 (ii) 16 , 24 , 48 (iii) 16 , 48 , 24 (iv) 8 , 24 , 48 [SSC CGL Tier – I 2013]
(67)X can do a piece of work in 24 days . When he had worked for 4 days , Y joined him . If complete work was finished in 16 days
, Y can alone finish that work in : (i) 27 days (ii) 36 days (iii) 42 days (iv) 18 days
(68)A can do a piece of work in 12 days . When he had worked for 3 days . B joined him . If they complete the work in 3 more
days , in how many days can B alone finish the work ? (i) 6 days (ii) 12 days (iii) 8 days [SSC CGL Tier – I 2011]
(69)A alone can do a certain job in 15 days , while B alone can do it in 10 days . A started the work and was joined by B after 5
days . The work lasted for how many days ? (i) 8 (ii) 9 (iii) 5 (iv) 4 .
 (70)P can complete a work in 15 days . Q can complete the same work in 10 days . P started working and after 5 days Q joined
him . How more days will they take to complete the remaining work ? (i) 3 days (ii) 4 days (iii) 5 days (iv) 9 days
(71)A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively . A started the work alone and then after 4 days B joined
him till the completion of the work . How long did the work last ? (i) 10 days (ii) 20 days (iii) 15 days (iv) 6 days .
(72)'A' completes work in 12 days. B completes the same work in 15 days. A started working alone and after 3 days B joined him. How many
days will they now take together to complete the remaining work? (i) 5 days (ii) 8 days (iii) 6 days (iv) 4 days
(73)A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 24 days, respectively. A started the work and after a few days B joined him and the work
was completed in 10 days. After how many days, did B join A ? (i) 6 (ii) 7 (iii) 8 (iv) 10
(74)A does 80 % of a work in 20 days . He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days . How long B alone
would take to do the whole work ? (i) 75 days (ii) 37.5 days (iii) 17.5 days (iv) 35 days
(75)A does 75 % of a work in 25 days . He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 5 days . How long B alone
would take to do the whole work ? (i) 50 days (ii) 80 days (iii) 24 days (iv) 37.5 days
(76)A does 75 % of a work in 50 days he then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 10 days . How long B alone
would take to complete the whole work ? (i) 200 days (ii) 50 days (iii) 100 days (iv) 125 days
ଶ
(77)A does of a work in 9 days . Then B joined him and they together completed the remaining work in 6 days . B alone can
ହ
ଵଶ ଶ
finish the whole work in : (i) ଵଷ
days (ii) ଵଵ
days (iii) 10 days (iv) 18 days
(78)A and B can do a job in 16 days and 12 days respectively. B has started the work alone 4 days before finishing the job, A joins B. How many
days has B worked alone? (i) 6 days (ii) 4 days (iii) 5 days (iv) 7 days
(79)A , B and C can do a piece of work in 6 , 8 and 12 days respectively . B and C work together for 2 days , then A takes C’s place .
How long will it take to finish the work ? (i) 3 days (ii) 6 days (iii) 5 days (iv) 2 days .
(80)A and B can complete a piece of work in 80 days and 120 days respectively. They started working together but A left after 20 days. After another 12 days
C joined B and they completed the remaining work in 28 more days. In how many days can C alone complete the work?
(i) 110 days (ii) 112 days (iii) 114 days (iv) 120 days (v) None of these
[SBI PO Online (Pre.) Exam 02.07.2016 (1st Shift)]

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TYPE – III [ Alternate Days problems]

(01) A and B can complete a piece of work in 16 days, which B can complete in 32 days. If A and B work on alternate days, starting with B, in
how much time would the work be completed? (i) 17.25 days (ii) 17.66 days (iii) 20 days (iv) 32 days
(02) M and N can do a work in 10 days and 15 days respectively. If M starts on the work and both work alternately day after day, in how many days will the
work be completed? (i) 10 days (ii) 12 days (iii) 8 days (iv) 9 days (v) None of these
[LIC Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Exam 12.05.2013]
(03)A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively . If they work for a days alternately , A begins
ଵ ଵ ଶ ଵ
the work , in how many days , the work will be completed ? ሺ݅ሻ 10 ଶ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅݅ሻ 10 ସ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅݅݅ሻ 10 ଷ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅‫ݒ‬ሻ 10 ଷ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬.
(04) A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively . If they work for a day alternately with B
ଶ ଵ ଵ ଵ
beginning , the work would be completed in ሺ݅ሻ 10 ଷ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅݅ሻ 10 ଶ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅݅݅ሻ 10 ସ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬ሺ݅‫ݒ‬ሻ 10 ଷ ݀ܽ‫ ݏݕ‬.
(05) A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively . A begins to do the work and they work alternately one
at a time for one day each . The whole work will be completed in ?
ଵ ଵ ଵ ଶ
(i) 14 ଷ days (ii) 15 ଷ ݀ܽ‫ݏݕ‬ (iii) 16 ଷ days (iv) 18 ଷ days [SSC CGL Tier – I 2007]
(06) A , B & C can do a piece of work in 20 , 24 & 15 days respectively . They work alternately , first day C , second day B and 3rd day
A . How many days will be needed to complete the work like this way ?
(07)A , B and C can do a piece of work in 20 , 30 and 60 days respectively . In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by
B and C on every third day ? (i) 10 days (ii) 12 days (iii) 15 days (iv) 20 days [SSC CGL Tier – I 2013]
(08)A , B and C can do a piece of work in 30, 20 and 10 days respectively . A is assisted by B on one day and by C on the next day ,
ଷ ଼ ସ ଽ
alternatively . How long would the work take to finish ? (i) 9 ଼ days (ii) 4 ଼ days (iii) 8
ଵଷ
days (iv) 3
ଵଷ
days
[SSC CGL Tier – II 2012]
(09)Ganga and Saraswati , working separately can mow a field in 8 and 12 hours respectively . If they work in stretches of one hour
alternately . Ganga beginning at 9 am when will the mowing be completed ?
(i) 6 pm (ii) 6 : 30 pm (iii) 5 pm (iv) 5 : 30 pm [SSC CGL Tier – I 2008]
(10) A, B and C can do a work in 8 days, 12 days and 15 days respectively. They started it alternatively. In which case work will be completed in
least time (i) If A started then followed by B and then by C and so on (ii) If B started then followed by C and then by A and So on (iii) If C
started then followed by A and then by B and So on. (a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) None of these

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