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Pascal and Rascal are two workers. Working together they can complete the whole work in 10 hours. If the Pascal worked for 2.5 hours and Rascal worked for 8.5 hours, still there was half of the work to be done. In how many hours Pascal working alone, can complete the whole work?

A

24 hours

B

`17(1)/(7)` hours

C

40 hours

D

can't be determined

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