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Pipe A can fill a cistern in 6 hours and plpe B can fill it in 8 hours. Both the pipes are opened simul taneously, but after two hours, pipe A is closed. How many hours will B take to fill the remaining part of the cistern?

A

2 hrs

B

`3(1)/(3)` hrs

C

`2(2)/(3)` hrs

D

4 hrs

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