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There's a lot of work in preparing a birthday dinner. Even after the turkey is in the oven, there's still the potatoes and gravy, yams, salad, and cranberries, not to mention setting the table.Three friends-Asit, Arnold and Afzal - work together to get all of these chores done. The time it takes them to do the work together is 6 hr less than Asit would have taken work ing alone, 1 hr less than Arnold would have taken alone, and -half the time Afzal would have taken working alone. How long did it take them to do these chores working together?

A

20 min

B

30 min

C

40 min

D

50 min

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