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Two workers undertake to do a job. The second-worker started working 2 hours after the first. Five hours after the second worker has begun working there is still `9/20` work to be done. When the assignment is completed, it turns out that first worker has done `60%` of the work, while second worker has done rest of the work. How many hours would it take each one to do the whole job individually?

A

10 hours and 12 hours

B

15 hours and 10 hours

C

20 hours and 25 hours

D

18 hours and 20 hours

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