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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit [Reveal] Spoiler: OA Senior Manager Status: mba here i come! Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 270 Location: Pakistan Concentration: Strategy, Marketing GMAT 1: 680 Q46 V37 GMAT 2: Q V Followers: 38 Kudos [?]: 895 [37] , given: 48 Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink] 23 Jun 2012, 06:31 37 This post received KUDOS 7 This post was BOOKMARKED 54 cameras gave 20% profit while 6 incurred 50% loss. or out of 10, 9 gave profit. suppose total cameras = 10, out of which 9 gave 20% profit suppose 100 was the cost of each. total profit 100*10=1000 profit from 9 = 20*9 = 180 loss from 1 = 50*1 = 50 total profit = 180-50 = 130 so, 130 profit from a cost of 1000. that is 13% profit. _________________ press +1 Kudos to appreciate posts Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 6238 Location: Pune, India Followers: 1683 Kudos [?]: 9652 [25] , given: 198 Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink] 24 Jun 2012, 21:20 25 This post received KUDOS Expert's post 14 This post was BOOKMARKED pgmat wrote: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for$250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras?

A. 7% loss
B. 13% loss
C. 7% profit
D. 13% profit
E. 15% profit

Use weighted avgs for a quick solution:

On 54 cameras, the dealer made a 20% profit and on 6 cameras, he made a 50% loss. Cost Price of 54 cameras:cost price of 6 cameras = 54:6 = 9:1

Avg Profit/Loss = (.2*9 + (-.5)*1)/10 = 1.3/10 = .13 = 13% profit

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Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer's initial cost for the 60 cameras?
(A) 7% loss
(B) 13% loss
(C) 7% profit
(D) 13% profit
(E) 15% profit
have fun. is not difficult to conceptualize but is difficult because if you are not organized and clear you are get in trouble.
I would not show the OA but the rules are stringent. either way try on your own

actually, if one could visualize this problem properly, it could be solved in less than 30 secs without getting into any dirty calculations.
Here is my 30 sec approach:
Notice that it is actually a wighted ratio problem, where 9 parts earned 20% profit and 1 part earned 50% loss. (54 for profit, 6 for loss).
Hence overall profit/loss = $$(9*20 -1*50) /(9+1) = 13$$
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit Total cost 60*($250/1.2)=50*250;

# of cameras sold is 60-6=54 total revenue is 54*250;
# of cameras returned is 6 total refund 6*(250/1.2)*0.5;
So, total income 54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5

The dealer's approximate profit is (54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5-50*250)/(50*250)*100=13%

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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for$250 each, whichrepresents a 20 percent markup over the dealer's initialcost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer's initial cost for the 60 cameras? (A) 7% loss (B) 13% loss (C) 7% profit (D) 13% profit (E) 15% profit have fun. is not difficult to conceptualize but is difficult because if you are not organized and clear you are get in trouble. I would not show the OA but the rules are stringent. either way try on your own Cost to dealer for 60 cameras = $$\frac{250}{1.2}*60$$ =$12,500

Revenue for 54 cameras = 54*250 = $13,500 Revenue from 6 cameras = $$\frac{250}{2.4}*6$$ =$625

Total Revenue = $14,125 Profit percent = $$\frac{14125-12500}{12500}$$ = 13% Answer is D. Otherwise, If one were short on time and I had to guess, One can eliminate A,B & C by looking at the problem itself and improve my chances of guessing the right answer to 50% between D & E. Kudos Please... If my post helped. _________________ Did you find this post helpful?... Please let me know through the Kudos button. Thanks To The Almighty - My GMAT Debrief GMAT Reading Comprehension: 7 Most Common Passage Types Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 31304 Followers: 5364 Kudos [?]: 62524 [3] , given: 9457 Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink] 23 Jun 2012, 03:06 3 This post received KUDOS Expert's post kashishh wrote: Bunuel wrote: pgmat wrote: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for$250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras?

A. 7% loss
B. 13% loss
C. 7% profit
D. 13% profit
E. 15% profit

Total cost 60*$250/1.2=50*250; # of cameras sold is 60-6=54 total revenue is 54*250; # of cameras returned is 6 total refund 6*(250/1.2)*0.5; So, total income 54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5 The dealer's approximate profit is (54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5-50*250)/(50*250)*100=13% Answer: D. Dear Bunuel, Ths is a doubt i face with %ages, in ths quest too. could you pls tell where i m going wrong? when 20% mark up for initial cost is given , how to calculate it? 250 - 20/100*250 or to take if 120 is 250 then how much is 100? how have you arrived at 1.2? If it's given that the selling price is$250 and the markup over the initial cost is 20%, then: {Cost}+0.2{Cost}=1.2*{Cost}={Selling price} --> 1.2*{Cost}=$250 --> {Cost}=$250/1.2.

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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  24 Jun 2012, 11:23
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54 cameras gave 20% profit while 6 incurred 50% loss. or out of 10, 9 gave profit.

suppose total cameras = 10, out of which 9 gave 20% profit
suppose 100 was the cost of each. total profit 100*10=1000

profit from 9 = 20*9 = 180
loss from 1 = 50*1 = 50
total profit = 180-50 = 130

so, 130 profit from a cost of 1000. that is 13% profit.

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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  27 May 2013, 11:19
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit Total cost 60*($250/1.2)=50*250;

# of cameras sold is 60-6=54 total revenue is 54*250;
# of cameras returned is 6 total refund 6*(250/1.2)*0.5;
So, total income 54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5

The dealer's approximate profit is (54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5-50*250)/(50*250)*100=13%

this must be kind of awkward question but i got no option other than asking you.

20% markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera- I made a wrong assumption , but reducing 20%from 250 & got 200 as an initial cost for each. please explain that "Total cost 60*($250/1.2)=50*250;" (Cost per unit) + 0.2*(Cost per unit) =$250
1.2*(Cost per unit) = $250 (Cost per unit) =$250/1.2

Total cost for 60 units = 60*(Cost per unit) = 60*($250/1.2) = 50*250. Hope it's clear. _________________ Intern Joined: 28 Feb 2012 Posts: 22 GMAT 1: 700 Q48 V39 WE: Information Technology (Computer Software) Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 10 [1] , given: 3 Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink] 24 Jun 2012, 01:06 1 This post received KUDOS MBAhereIcome wrote: 54 cameras gave 20% profit while 6 incurred 50% loss. or out of 10, 9 gave profit. suppose total cameras = 10, out of which 9 gave 20% profit suppose 100 was the cost of each. total profit 100*10=1000 profit from 9 = 20*9 = 180 loss from 1 = 50*1 = 50 total profit = 180-50 = 130 so, 130 profit from a cost of 1000. that is 13% profit. Your method seems easy, but I kind of got lost with this - 54 cameras gave 20% profit while 6 incurred 50% loss. or out of 10, 9 gave profit. Could you please explain, how you deduced this? Thanks. Director Status: Joined: 24 Jul 2011 Posts: 788 GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V48 GRE 1: 1540 Q800 V740 Followers: 99 Kudos [?]: 410 [1] , given: 15 Re: Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned [#permalink] 16 Nov 2012, 22:27 1 This post received KUDOS 60 cameras were ordered to be sold at a 20% markup for$250 each
=> Dealer's cost for each camera = $208 => Cost of all 60 cameras =$60*208

6 cameras were not sold and returned for a refund of 50% of the dealer's cost
=> The amount the dealer got in returns = 50% of 6*208 = $624 The rest of the cameras (60-6 = 54 in number) were sold => Revenue made from selling the cameras =$54 * 250

For the 60 cameras, dealer's profit = 100* [54*(250-208) + (624-1248)]/[(60*200)] =100* (14100-12000)/12000 = ~13% (the error arises because 250/1.2 is not exactly 208 but 208.33)

Option (D)
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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  24 Aug 2014, 20:54
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit Use weighted avgs for a quick solution: On 54 cameras, the dealer made a 20% profit and on 6 cameras, he made a 50% loss. Cost Price of 54 cameras:cost price of 6 cameras = 54:6 = 9:1 Avg Profit/Loss = (.2*9 + (-.5)*1)/10 = 1.3/10 = .13 = 13% profit For more on weighted avgs, check: http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/03 ... -averages/ why are we dividing by 10? Weighted Average Formula: Cavg = (C1*w1 + C2*w2)/(w1 + w2) C1 and C2 represent the quantity which we want to average so they will be profit/loss here. C1 = 20% = .2 C2 = -50% (loss) = -.5 The weights, given by w1 and w2, are the cost prices. Cost Price of 54 cameras:cost price of 6 cameras = 54:6 = 9:1 So w1 =9 and w2 = 1 Avg Profit/Loss = (.2*9 + (-.5)*1)/(9 + 1) = (.2*9 + (-.5)*1)/10 Get more details on this concept from the link given in my post above. _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  22 Apr 2015, 04:13
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Suppose: what if I want to calculate the number of the total profit first. How can I get it? I tried to get it by "54^250/1.2. Is this is the correct way? Pls enlighten. Thanks in advance.

Hi Andrewbpaa,

For calculating the total net profit, you would need to know the cost price and the selling price of all the 60 cameras:

On a selling price of $250, the dealer makes a profit of 20%. So, his cost price for 1 camera would be $$= \frac{250}{1.20}$$ His refund price for 6 cameras is 50% of his cost price i.e. $$0.5* \frac{250}{1.20}$$ I. Profit from selling 54 cameras at$250 each$$= 54 * (  250 - \frac{ 250}{1.20})$$
II. Loss from refund of 6 cameras = $$6 *( \frac{250}{1.20} - \frac{ 250}{1.20} * 0.50)$$ $$= 6*( \frac{250}{1.20} * 0.50)$$

Adding I & II would give you the total net profit the dealer made on the 60 cameras. The net profit can then be divided by the total cost price of 60 cameras to arrive at the total profit% of the dealer.

However, I would suggest you use weighted average method to solve the question.

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In such questions, it pays to be careful about the concept of markup% and discount%. In this question, there was no discount offered, hence the markup price and selling price were the same i.e. $250. Had there been a discount of lets say 10%, the selling price would have been $$250* 0.9 = 225$$. The profit then would have been equal to $$225 - \frac{ 250}{1.20}$$ Please remember that the markup% is calculated on the cost price while the discount % is calculated on the markup price. Given below are few questions on discount & markup for your practice: if-the-original-price-of-an-item-in-a-retail-store-is-marked-163706.html?hilit=discount a-pair-of-skis-originally-cost-160-after-discount-of-x-149918.html a-jewelry-dealer-initially-offered-a-bracelet-for-sale-at-an-8215.html?hilit=discount%20&%20markup henry-purchased-three-items-during-a-sale-he-received-a-20-discount-194280.html?hilit=discount Hope its clear! Regards Harsh _________________ Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 6238 Location: Pune, India Followers: 1683 Kudos [?]: 9652 [1] , given: 198 Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink] 06 Sep 2015, 19:58 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post bablu1234 wrote: A big question I have is, why does following method give different answer though I believe there is no flaw in my method of attempting this problem - Purchase price per camera = 250/1.2 = 1250/6. Total purchase price = 60 * 1250/6 = 12500$

Got return money because of 6 cameras which were returned = 50% of 6 = [(6 * 250/1.2)/2] = 625$Effective purchase price = 12500 - 625 = 11875$

Total sale = 54 * 250 = 13500$. Hence % profit = [(Total sale - effective purchase price) / (effective purchase price)] x 100 = [(13500 - 11875) / 11875] x 100 = (1625/11875) x 100 = 13.684 Ans. Dealer paid total cost of 60 cameras and then I deducted 50% cost of 6 cameras from that instead of adding it as a revenue. So in this case, technically 54 cameras have been sold and 57 were bought. Can anyone explain why can't I do that way? TIA You have assumed the situation to be a bit different from what it actually is. You have assumed that he bought 54 cameras at 250/1.2 each and 6 cameras at 125/1.2 each. Then he sold 54 cameras at 250 each and 6 cameras at 0. While actually this is the situation: He bought 60 cameras at 250/1.2 each. He sold 54 at 250 each and sold the rest of the 6 at 125/1.2 each. The difference (Revenue - Cost) in both cases will be the same but the cost price in the denominator will be different. So profit % obtained will be different. Please check Bunuel's solution on Page 1 to see the actual calculations of this method. _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  30 Dec 2015, 22:21
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit Use weighted avgs for a quick solution: On 54 cameras, the dealer made a 20% profit and on 6 cameras, he made a 50% loss. Cost Price of 54 cameras:cost price of 6 cameras = 54:6 = 9:1 Avg Profit/Loss = (.2*9 + (-.5)*1)/10 = 1.3/10 = .13 = 13% profit For more on weighted avgs, check: http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/03 ... -averages/ why are we dividing by 10? The weights are 54 (20% profit on 54 cameras) and 6 (50% loss on 6 cameras). This is a ratio of 54:6 = 9:1 (in lowest terms). It is the same thing whether you use 54 and 6 as weights or 9 and 1 but 9 and 1 simplify the calculations. Avg = (A1 * w1 + A2 * w2)/(w1 + w2) = (A1 * 9 + A2 * 1)/(9 + 1) = (A1 * 9 + A2 * 1)/10 _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  22 Jun 2012, 13:14
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit Total cost$60*250/1.2=50*250;

# of cameras sold is 60-6=54 total revenue is 54*250;
# of cameras returned is 6 total refund 6*(250/1.2)*0.5;
So, total income 54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5

The dealer's approximate profit is (54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5-50*250)/(50*250)*100=13%

Dear Bunuel,
Ths is a doubt i face with %ages, in ths quest too.
could you pls tell where i m going wrong?
when 20% mark up for initial cost is given , how to calculate it?
250 - 20/100*250 or to take if 120 is 250 then how much is 100?
how have you arrived at 1.2?
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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  24 Jun 2012, 11:26
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54 cameras gave 20% profit while 6 incurred 50% loss. or out of 10, 9 gave profit.

suppose total cameras = 10, out of which 9 gave 20% profit
suppose 100 was the cost of each. total profit 100*10=1000

profit from 9 = 20*9 = 180
loss from 1 = 50*1 = 50
total profit = 180-50 = 130

so, 130 profit from a cost of 1000. that is 13% profit.

Your method seems easy, but I kind of got lost with this - 54 cameras gave 20% profit while 6 incurred 50% loss. or out of 10, 9 gave profit.
Could you please explain, how you deduced this?

Thanks.

yess.. 54:6 = 9:1
mark up is of 20% = profit earned will be 20%
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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  24 Nov 2012, 10:16
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For those using normal way to solve this problem, I think that we can avoid huge calculation by just replace Cost by letter C and put it in the final formula:
Income: 54*1.2C + 6*0.5C
Cost: 60*C
Then percent =(Income-cost)/cost = (54*1.2C + 6*0.5C - 60*C)/60*C. We can see that we can eliminate C from the fraction --> percent = (54*1.2 + 6*0.5 - 60)/60 = (54*1.2 + 6*0.5)/60 - 1. Here, we can see clearly the weighted average part of the problem or we can simply calculate the fraction to reach the result.
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Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink]  27 May 2013, 11:12
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A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? A. 7% loss B. 13% loss C. 7% profit D. 13% profit E. 15% profit Total cost 60*($250/1.2)=50*250;

# of cameras sold is 60-6=54 total revenue is 54*250;
# of cameras returned is 6 total refund 6*(250/1.2)*0.5;
So, total income 54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5

The dealer's approximate profit is (54*250+ 6*(250/1.2)*0.5-50*250)/(50*250)*100=13%

this must be kind of awkward question but i got no option other than asking you.

20% markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera- I made a wrong assumption , but reducing 20%from 250 & got 200 as an initial cost for each. please explain that "Total cost 60*($250/1.2)=50*250;" Intern Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 19 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 12 [0], given: 16 Re: A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold [#permalink] 07 Apr 2014, 18:23 1 This post was BOOKMARKED Because the answers are in percentages, I thought not to worry about the$ amounts and just focus on the relationships:

Let C be the total cost of all 60 cameras. Originally, the dealer thought to sell all these 60 cameras at 20% profit or for (1.2)C.

However, he sold only (60-6)=54 or 90% of cameras at this price. So revenue from these cameras = (0.9)(1.2)C = (1.08)C

For the remaining 10%, he got a refund of 50% of cost or (0.5)C. So total refund = (0.1)(0.5)C = (0.05)C

Therefore, total revenue in terms of original cost = (1.08 + 0.05)C = 1.13C or 13% profit.

So D is the correct ans.
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