Chapter No.

19 Arithmetic and Algebra

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1. (19 18 17 16) (20 19 18 17) =
A) 36 B) 6 C) 4 D) 1 E) 2

2. If 3x 2 = 7, then 4x =
A) 3 B) 5 C)
3
20
D) 9 E) 12
3. Of the following, which is closest to
3
30 ?
A) 6 B) 5 C) 4 D) 3 E) 2

4. Which of the following is a solution to x x
2
= 1?
A) 1 B) 0 C) D) 1 E) None of these

5. If xy = 0, =

xy
x 1

A)
xy x
1 1
B)
xy y
x 1
C) x
y

1
D)
xy y
1 1
E)
y xy
1 1


6. 2[2x + (3x + 5x)] (3x + 5x) =
A) 4x B) 8x C) 10x D) 12x E) 22x

7. If , 0
3
2
=

+
y
x
which of the following must be true?
A) x = 2 and y = 3 B) x = 2 and y = 3 C) x = 0 and y = 0 D) x = -2 and y = 3
E) x = -2 and y = 3

8.
3
6 9
2 2

=
A) 1 B)
9
15
C) 5 D) 8 E) 15

9. If 3(x + 2) = x 4, then x =
A) 5 B) 3 C) 1 D) 3 E) 5

10. If x
2
+ 2xy + y
2
= 9, then (x + y)
4
=
A) 3 B 18 C) 27 D) 36 E) 81
C
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A
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ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA
PRACTICE TEST
Chapter No. 19 Arithmetic and Algebra

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11.
2 2
3
1
1
2
1
1 |
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|
=
A)
36
25
B)
3
1
C)
6
1
D)
9
1
E)
18
1


12. 6x
2
15x 21 =
A) 3(2x + 7)(x 1) B) 3(2x 7)(x + 1) C) 3(2x 1)(x + 7) D) 9x
2
21 E) 9x 21

13. If 2x + y = 8 and 3x = 6, then y =
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 E) 12

14. If x = 3 and y = 3, what is the value of (3 + x)(3 y)?
A) 36 B) 12 C) 0 D) 12 E) 36

15. =

2
2 2
2
4 6

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

16. If y = 2x 1, what is the value of x in terms of y?
A) 1
2

y
B)
2
1
2

y
C)
2
1
2
+
y
D) 1
2
+
y
E)
2
1
+ y

17. =
+ + +

2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2

A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 8 E) 16

18. If 4x is 6 less than 4y, then y x =
A) 24 B)
2
3
C)
3
2
D)
2
3
E) 24

19. (1 x)(x 1) =
A) (x 1)
2
B) (x 1)
2
C) 0 D) x
2
1 E) 1 x
2

20. If 8x 3y = 24 and y = 0, then x =
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 8

21. If n = 3, what is the value of 2
2n
+ 1?
A) 9 B) 13 C) 17 D) 33 E) 65

22. 3 =
2
2

A) B) 1 C) 3 D) 6 E) 6

23. If 7x 4y = -1 and 5x + 3y = 52, then x y =
A) 4 B) 3 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

24. If 2x + 3y = 15 and y = 1, then 2x =
A) 18 B) 12 C) 10 D) 9 E) 3

25. If 2 6
32
=
x
, then x =
A) 8 B) 4 C) 4 D) 6 E) 8
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26. (3 100)+(4 1)+(5 1,000)+(6 10)=
A) 3,456 B) 3,564 C) 4,635 D) 5,346 E) 5,364

27. Of the following, which is most nearly equal to
3
2
?
A)
4
3
B)
6
5
C)
9
7
D)
15
11
E)
21
15


28. If ,
3
1
3
4 3
= +
x x
then x =
A) 7 B) 9 C) 11 D) 13 E) 15

29. =
+ + + + +
6
9
4
9
4
9
4
9
4
9
4
9
4

A)
27
2
B)
9
4
C)
3
2
D)
3
8
E) 6

30. If y =
b a
a
+
and ,
b
a
x = what is y in terms of x?
A)
x
1
B) 1 + x C)
x
1
1+ D)
x + 1
1
E)
x
x
+ 1


31. =

+
4
1
3
1
4
1
3
1

A) 0 B)
7
1
C)
2
1
D) 1 E) 7

32. Of the following, which is the closest approximation to
( )( )
( )
?
51 . 0
261 . 0 942 . 97
2

A) 1 B) 5 C) 10 D) 20 E) 100

33. If y = 0 and 2x + y = 12, then which of the following is NOT a possible value of x?
A) 12 B) 10 C) 8 D) 6 E) 4

34. If 4x + 3y = 8 and ,
4
1
2
=
x
what is the value of y?
A)
3
4
B) 2 C)
3
7
D) 3 E)
3
10


35. For x = 2 and x = 3, =

3 2
2
x
x
x

A) 1 B)
3
1
x
C)
5 2
2

x
x
D)
( )( ) 3 2
2

x x
x
E)
( )( ) 3 2
6 4
2

+
x x
x x




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189
36. If 9x 3 = 15, then 3x 1 =
A)
3
5
B) 3 C) 5 D) 6 E) 45

37. If the sum of 12, 15, and x is 45, then the product of 5 and (x + 2) is
A) 100 B) 92 C) 80 D) 41 E) 25

38. = + +
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1

A)
9
1
B)
12
13
C)
12
29
D) 8 E) 9

39. 0.50% =
A)
500
1
B)
200
1
C)
50
1
D)
20
1
E)
2
1


40. If 15 1
2
= +
x
, then x =
A) 5 B) 7 C) 13 D) 28 E) 29

41. If 2(x + y) = 5, then, in terms of x, y =
A) x
2
5
B) x +
2
5
C) x 2 5 D)
2
5
x
E)
2 2
5 x
+

42. ( ) =
2
2 3
A) 1 6 2 B) 6 1 C) 6 2 5 D) 3 2 5 E) 1

43. If
x
3
8
5
= and ,
5
1
= y what is the value of x + 6y?
A)
30
41
B) 2 C)
5
16
D) 6 E)
15
203


44. The expression
2 1
2 1

+
is equivalent to which of the following?
A) 1 + 2
3
2
B) 2
3
2
1 C) 1 D) 3 + 2 2 E) 2 2 3

45. = + + + + +
2
1
4
1
8
1
16
1
32
1
32
1

A)
4
3
B)
16
15
C)
32
31
D) 1 E)
2
3


46. If x = 2w, z = 3x, and wz = 0, what is the value of ?
2
wz
x

A)
3
2
B) 1 C)
3
4
D) 4 E) 6

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47. The expression ,
1
1
1
n
n

where n is not equal to 0 or 1, is equivalent to which of the following?

A)
1
1
n
B)
n 1
1
C) n 1 D)
1 n
n
E)
n
n
1


48. 3
20
+ 3
20
+ 3
20
=
A) 9
60
B) 9
20
C) 3
60
D) 3
23
E) 3
21

49. Which of the following is NOT a divisor of 264?
A) 4 B) 8 C) 9 D) 11 E) 12

50. If 3(x + 1) = 4x 1, then x =
A)
7
4
B)
4
3
C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

51. = |
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|
+
2 2
4
1
2
4
3
2
A)
8
37
B)
2
9
C) 3 D) 1 E)
2
1


52. If n + n = k + k + k and n + k=5, then n =
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 6 E) 9

53. If 2x = 7 and 3y = 2, then 9xy =
A) 14 B) 18 C) 21 D) 28 E) 63

54. If , 16 = x then x =
A) 4 B) 8 C) 16 D) 32 E) 256

55. If 2r s = 3s 2r, what is s in terms of r?
A)
3
r
B)
2
r
C) r D) 2r E) 3r

56. If 0.768 =
100
x
, then x is closest to which of the following?
A) 0.77 B) 0.80 C) 8 D) 76 E) 77

57. If x = 2 and y = -2, then 2x 2y =
A) 8 B) 0 C) 4 D) 6 E) 8

58. What value of x satisfies the equation x 1 = 1 x?
A) 2 B) 1 C) 0 D) 2 E) No value

59. If n 1 = ,
3
2
then n + 1 =
A)
3
4
B)
3
5
C)
3
7
D)
3
8
E)
3
11

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60. Multiplying which of the following by the nonzero number
7
2 5 x
will give a product of 1?
A)
x 2 5
7

B)
5 2
7

x
C)
5 2
7
x
D)
7
5 2 x
E) 7(2x 5)

61. If 2x + 7 = 12, then 4x 7 =
A) 2 B) 2.5 C) 3 D) 10 E) 13

62. If x + y = n, then x
2
+ 2xy + y
2
=
A) 2n B) n
2
C) n(x y) D) n
2
+ 2y(n y) E) n
2
+ xn x
2

63. If x is an integer and y = 9x + 13, what is the greatest value of x for which y is less than 100?
A) 12 B) 11 C) 10 D) 9 E) 8

64. If
7
1
of a certain number is 4, then
4
1
of the number is
A)
16
7
B) 2 C)
7
16
D) 7 E) 28

65. If a + b = 10, then = |
.
|

\
|
+ + |
.
|

\
|
+
2 2
a
b
b
a
A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20 E) 25

66. If the sum of the first n positive integers is equal to
( )
2
1 + n n
, then the sum of the first 25 positive
integers is
A) 51 B) 52 C) 313 D) 325 E) 326

67. If ,
9
12
3
1 2
=
x
then x =
A)
2
3
B)
2
5
C) 4 D)
2
13
E) 7

68.
( )( ) ( )( )
=

5 12
5 27 27 12

A) 0 B) 1 C)
7
60
D) 27 E) 189

69. If x y = 0, then xy must equal which of the following?
A) 0 B) 1 C) x D) x
2
E) x
2
y

70. If ,
7
7
4
13
n = then n is
A) greater than 3 B) between 2 and 3 C) between 1 and 2 D) between 0 and 1
E) less than 0

71. If y = 2, then y + (y
2
)
3
=
A) 32 B) 34 C) 64 D) 66 E) 128

72. If 6 + 5x = 30 x, then x =
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8
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73. Which of the following is equal to 456(72) + 28(456)
A) (72)(456 + 28) B) (456) (72 + 28) C) (456 + 28) (72 + 456) D) (456 + 72) (28 + 456)
E) (456 + 456) (72 + 28)

74. If k =
7
6x
and k = 0, then =
k
x
7
2

A)
6
1
B)
49
12
C)
7
2
D)
3
1
E)
7
6


75. If 2x + y = 10 and 2x = 4, then y =
A) 2 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 14

76. =
3
3
4

A) B) 3 C) 4 D) 12 E) 36

77. =

3
3 3
2 3

A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) 6 E) 9

78. If of a certain number is 2, then of the number is
A)
8
1
B) C) 1 D) 4 E) 8

79. 2.34 2 =
5
1

A) 0.09 B) 0.14 C) 0.19 D) 0.29 E) 0.32

80. If n ,
11
5
11
6
= then n =
A) 11 B) 1 C)
11
1
D)
11
1
E) 11
81. Which of the following expressions has (have) the same value for n = 5 as for n = ?
5
1

I. n +
n
1

II. n
n
1

III.
n
n
1

A) I only B) II only C) III only D) I and II E) II and III

82. If p =
3
2
and r = 4, then ( ) = |
.
|

\
|
+
9
1
3 p p
r

A) 1 B)
9
5
C)
9
5
D) 1 E)
9
11


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193
83. If 3x + 5 = 2x + 10, then x =
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 5 E) 15

84.
3
1
3
1
+ equals how many twelfths?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 E) 9

85. Of the following fractions which has the least value?
A)
7
8
B)
9
8
C)
6
5
D)
8
7
E)
9
7


86. If a = 3b + c, what is the value of b when a = 17 and c = 2?
A) 5 B)
3
1
6 C) 12 D) 15 E) 45

87. =
6
3
1

A) 2 B)
2
1
C)
3
1
D)
9
1
E)
18
1


88. If 4x 2y = 8, what is the value of 2x y?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) It cannot be determined

89. What is the least number x for which (2x + 1) (x 2) = 0?
A) 2 B) 1 C)
2
1
D)
2
1
E) 2

90. 52.68 =
100
1

A) 0.05268 B) 0.5268 C) 5.268 D) 526.8 E) 52.680

91. If b c = 3, and a + c = 32, then a + b =
A) 30 B) 35 C) 40 E) 42 E) 50

92. If x = 0, then
( )
=
2
3
2
x
x x

A) x
2
B) x
3
C) x
4
D) x
5
E) x

93. Seven is equal to how many thirds of seven?
A)
3
1
B) 1 C) 3 D) 7 E) 21

94. Which of the following equals the reciprocal of x
y
1
, where x
y
1
= 0?
A) y
x

1
B)
x
y
C)
1 x
y
D)
1 xy
x
E)
1 xy
y


95. ( )( ) 11 25 6 42 +
A) 6 B) 18 C) 36 D) 120 E) 1,296
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96. What is the remainder when 6
3
is divided by 8?
A) 5 B) 3 C) 2 D) 1 E) 0

97. If y = 3x and z = 2y, then in terms of x, x + y + z =
A) 10x B) 9x C) 8x D) 6x E) 5x

98. Which of the following equations can be used to find the value of x if 8 more than 9x is 3 times the
sum of 6 and x?
A) 9x + 8 = 3x + 6 B) 8 + 9x = 3(x 6) C) 9x + 8 = 3(x + 6) D) 3(8 + 9x) = 6x
E) 9x + 8 = 3 + 6 + x

99. Which of the following is equivalent to
3
2
1
2
?
A) 2
4
B) 2
2
C)
2
1
D)
2
2
1
E)
4
2
1


100. If 6x 4 = 5x + 3, then x =
A) 7 B) 1 C) 1 D) 7 E) 12

101. If p is a positive integer, which of the following could be a prime number?
A) 8p B) 8p + 1 C) 8p + 2 D) 8p + 4 E) 8p + 6

102. The sum of 2 numbers, x and y, equals twice their product. If x = 3, what is the value of y?
A)
8
1
B)
5
3
C)
2
3
D)
3
5
E)
3
7


103. If n
6
1
=
5
1
, then n =
A)
30
1
B)
6
5
C)
5
6
D) 6 E) 30

104. The value of |
.
|

\
|
+ |
.
|

\
|

4
3
1
7
5
1 is
A)
28
1
B)
14
3
C)
28
9
D)
28
13
E)
2
1


105. =


30
5
1
18
3
1
15
5
2
9
3
2

A) 2 B) 1 C)
2
1
D)
3
1
E)
4
1


106. If 2x = -10, then 4x
2
6x 5 =
A) 65 B) 75 C) 125 D) 130 E) 135

107. If x = 0, then =
+
x x
x 1
7
7

A)
x
x
6
6 +
B)
x
x
7
6 +
C)
x
x
7
7 6 +
D)
7
1
E)
7
1

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108. 1+
2
1
+
3
1
+
4
1
+
5
1
=
A)
25
32
B)
60
117
C)
25
52
D)
50
109
E)
60
137


109. If y =
( )
2
1
2
x
and x = 3, then y =
A) 8 B) 16 C) 32 D) 64 E) 128

110. If 6x 4y = 2 and x = 3, then x + y =
A) 4 B) 5 C) 7 D) 12 E) 19

111. If x + 2y = 2x y, then x =
A) y B)
3
y
C) y D) 2y E) 3y

112. In the equation kx + y = 16, k is a constant. If y = 6 when x = 2, what is the value of y when x = 4?
A) 8 B) 4 C)
4
11
D) 5 E) 12

113. If a and b are integers and a b = 6, then a + b CANNOT be
A) 0 B) less than 6 C) greater than 6 D) an even integer
E) an odd integer

114. If ax + by = 10, then 2ax + 2by =
A) 5 B) 12 C) 14 D) 20 E) 40

115.
( )( )
=
01 . 0
001 . 0 1 . 0

A) 0.01 B) 0.001 C) 0.0001 D) 0.00001 E) 0.000001

116. If ,
3
2
1
=
+ y
x
what is y in terms of x?
A) x
5
2
B)
5
2
5
2
+ x C) 1
5
2
+ x D)
5
2
2
5
x E) 1
2
3
x

117. If 9 is
4
3
n, what number is
6
5
n?
A) 10 B) 12 C) 14.4 D) 15 E) 27

118. If x = 3, y = -1, and z = 1, which of the following is (are) true?
I. x + y + z = 3
II. y + 2z = 2
III. x 2z = 1
A) I only B) III only C) I and II only D) I and III only E) I, II, and III

119. Of the following, which is closest to ?
9 . 9
397 26 . 0

A) 1 B) 10 C) 70 D) 100 E) 700


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196
120. If xyz = 0 and if n =
y
xz
and ,
z
xy
q = then =
nq
1

A)
z
x
B)
y
x
C) xyz D) x
2
E)
2
1
x


121. If 2x 5 = 25, then x =
A) 30 B) 20 C) 15 D) 12
2
1
E) 5

122. If 2x + 1 = 9 and y = x
2
, then y =
A) 25 B) 16 C) 8 E) 4 E) 2

123. What is the least prime number greater than 83?
A) 85 B) 87 C) 88 D) 89 E) 91

124. If 2 16 = p 4 8, then p =
A) 8 B) 4 C) 2 D) 1 E)

125. If a + 3 = 4, what is the value of
3
7
+
+
a
a
?
A)
2
1
B) 2 C)
3
7
D) 3 E) 4

126. =
+
+
6
1
1
9
2
4

A)
27
133
B)
21
76
C)
16
44
D)
11
28
E)
4
5


127. If ,
4
3
=
y
x
then =
+
y
y x

A)
7
3
B)
7
4
C) 1 D)
7
11
E)
4
7


128. Which of the following numbers is both a factor of 48 and a multiple of 6?
A) 2 B) 8 C) 12 D) 16 E) 18

129. If 2
n
= 32, then n
2
=
A) 25 B) 32 C) 64 D) 256 E) 1,024

130. |-2| + |7| + |-2 + 7| =
A) 18 B) 14 C) 10 D) 5 E) 0

131. If 1 x = 1 + 3x, then x =
A) 0 B) C) D)
3
2
E) 1


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197
132. = +
3
2
2
3

A) 1 B)
6
7
C)
3
4
D) 2 E)
6
13


133. Which of the following is greater than 1?
A)
005 . 0
0004 . 0
B)
0001 . 0
000006 . 0
C)
003 . 0
01 . 0
D)
006 . 0
003 . 0
E)
01 . 0
001 . 0


134. If a = 2, b = 4, and c = 5, then =
+

+
b a
c
c
b a
C)
A) 1 B)
30
11
C) 0 D)
30
11
E) 1

135. If , 1 =
x
y
then y + x =
A) 2 B) 1 C) 0 D) 1 E) 2

136.
( )
=
+
4
8 8 2
10
10 10 10

A) 2(10
4
) B) 2(10
6
) C) 10
8
D) 2(10
8
) E) 10
10

137. If q = 0 and k = ,
2
s
qr
then what is r in terms of k, q, and s?
A)
q
s k + 2
B)
q
sk 2
C)
( )
q
s k 2
D)
q
sq k + 2
E)
( )
q
s k + 2


138. If y = 8x + 12 and x = z + 2, what is y in terms of z?
A) z + 14 B) 8z 4 C) 8z + 10 D) 8z + 14 E) 8z + 28

139. =
+

|
.
|

\
|
+

1
1
1
1
x
x
x
x

A) 0 B) 1 C)
1
1
+ x
D)
1 + x
x
E)
1
2
+

x
x


140. 12
2
+ 13
2
( )( ) =
(

|
.
|

\
|
13
12
13 12 2
A) 313 B) 289 C) 169 D) 25 E) 1

141. If x = 2y = 3z = 36, then the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y, and z is
A) 33 B) 22 C) 18 D) 12 E) 6

142. The sum of n different positive integers is less than 100. What is the greatest possible value of n?
A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 E) 14

143. If a and b are positive integers, then the ratio of
b
a
to its reciprocal is
A) 1 B)
b
a
C)
a
b
D)
2
2
b
a
E)
2
2
a
b

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144. If 2
n
= 128, then (2
n 1
)(5
n 2
) =
A) 10
7
B) 5(10
6
) C) 2(10
6
) D) 5(10
5
) E) 2(10
5
)

145.
185 . 0
81 . 3
is closest to
A) 2,000 B) 200 C) 20 D) 2 E) 0.2

146. If x is an odd integer, for which of the following equations must y be an even integer?
A) xy = 5 B) x + y = 8 C) x + 2y = 7 D) 2(x + y) = 7 E) 2x + y = 6

147. If x
2
y
2
= 1 and the average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is 4, what is the value of x y?
A)
8
1
B) C) D) 2 E) 4

148. =
4
5
5

A)
5
1
B)
4
1
C) 4 D) 5 E)
4
25


149. If (2x 1)
2
= 0, then x =
A)
4
1
B)
2
1
C) 0 D)
2
1
E)
4
1


150. Which of the following is equal to 25,000,000?
A) 25 10
7
B) 2.5 10
-7
C) 2 10
6
) + (5 10
5
)
D) (20 10
7
) + (5 10
6
) E) (2 10
7
) + (5 10
6
)



























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1. E
2. E
3. D
4. E
5. D
6. D
7. E
8. E
9. A
10. E
11. D
12. B
13. B
14. E
15. E
16. C
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. A
21. E
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. C
26. E
27. E
28. D
29. B
30. E
31. E
32. C
33. D
34. B
35. E
36. C
37. A
38. E
39. B
40. D
41. A
42. C
43. D
44. E
45. D
46. A
47. A
48. E
49. C
50. E
51. B
52. B
53. C
54. E
55. C
56. E
57. E
58. B
59. D
60. C
61. C
62. B
63. D
64. D
65. C
66. D
67. B
68. D
69. D
70. B
71. D
72. A
73. B
74. D
75. B
76. C
77. D
78. D
79. B
80. B
81. A
82. D
83. D
84. D
85. E
86. A
87. E
88. B
89. C
90. B
91. B
92. D
93. C
94. E
95. C
96. E
97. A
98. C
99. A
100. D
101. B
102. B
103. C
104. E
105. B
106. C
107. D
108. E
109. B
110. C
111. E
112. B
113. E
114. D
115. A
116. E
117. A
118. D
119. B
120. E
121. C
122. B
123. D
124. D
125. B
126. B
127. E
128. C
129. A
130. B
131. A
132. E
133. C
134. B
135. C
136. B
137. E
138. E
139. D
140. D
141. B
142. D
143. D
144. E
145. C
146. E
147. A
148. C
149. D
150. E


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