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Did you know that using the keyboard properly during your JAMB CBT exam can save you time and help you answer questions faster?
In this video, I show you simple but powerful keyboard tricks every JAMB candidate should know before entering the exam hall. Most students rely only on the mouse - and that slows them down.
If you want to improve your speed and accuracy, this video is for you.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How to use the keyboard in JAMB CBT
✅ The most important keys (Tab, Enter, etc.)
✅ How to move between questions faster
✅ Simple tricks to avoid wasting time during the exam
✅ Common mistakes students make in CBT exams
Using these keyboard shortcuts can give you an advantage, especially when time is limited.
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To pass your JAM examination, you need
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more than just covering your syllabus,
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reading your test books, and practicing
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past questions. The UTM exam is all
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about speed, accuracy, and technical
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familiarity. In this video, I'm going to
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be sharing with you five tricks you must
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know and use to pass your exam
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excellently. Make sure you like this
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video and click on the subscribe button.
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>> The first trick is you must master the
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JAM 8 keys shortcut.
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>> Bro, what are you talking about, man? On
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the exam day when you log in and you see
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your questions you are going to see
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option A to D. You can use the keyboard
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shortcut to answer any of these
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questions. What do I mean? If the
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current answer for a question is A, you
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type A. If it is B, you type B. If it is
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C, you type C. And if it is D, you type
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D. So using this keyboard shortcut will
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make you to be very fast on the day of
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your exam. Oh my god. Another shortcut
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you can use is N. After you've answered
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the question, you want to go to the next
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question, you just simply need to type
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N. It will take you to the next
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question. And if probably you want to go
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back, you know, to the previous question
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to correct something or to look at
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something, you just have to type P. It
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will take you back to the previous
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question. And after your exam, you want
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to click submit, you just need to type
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S. You'll see the option, do you want to
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submit? Then if you want to like return
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back, you just need to type arrows. So
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these are the keyboard shortcuts you
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need to know for your jam examination.
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The next trick is time allocation. As
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you know, you have 120 minutes to answer
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180 question which is 40 seconds per
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question. You have four subjects in your
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UTME and use of English is one of them.
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You have other three subjects. What I
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usually advise students is to start with
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use of English because probably you see
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a passage for you to read to answer a
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few questions. Since you are just
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starting the exam, your mind is relaxed.
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you can easily try to really understand
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what is going on with the passage and
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answer the questions correctly. If you
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leave use of English for last by the
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time the pressure of your exam is about
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to end you know you might not start
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having that patience to really read and
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understand your use of English and you
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know use of English is one subject that
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should help boost your scores. I always
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recommend start with use of English and
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always remember you have 40 seconds per
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question. After answering use of
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English, you need to go to the next
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subject that is your strength. The
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subject that is easiest for you. If you
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are sitting for use of English,
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chemistry, biology and physics, most of
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the time, biology should be your easiest
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way. When you start answering biology
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because it's very easy for you, it's
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going to boost your confidence and
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instead of spending 40 seconds in a
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question because biology is something
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that is cheap to you. It could be
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economies, it could be CRS depending on
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the subject that you find very easy. You
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spend less than 10 seconds because there
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are subjects that when you are answering
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the questions before even reading the
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options you already know the correct
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answer. So within 10 seconds you answer
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it and move to the next. This is where
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you'll be able to gather time for
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yourself for the more difficult subject.
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After you finish with this strong
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subject, you now move into your second
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strong subject which could be chemistry
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and you ensure you don't spend more than
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40 seconds per question. For the last
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subject which is your most difficult
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subject which can be physes which can be
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CRS which can be literature in English
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whichever subject you know oh this
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subject is where I need to spend more
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time this is what you answer last you
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know because you've been able to get
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enough time from your strongest subject
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which could be biology it could be
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economies you have more than enough time
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you cannot afford to spend 50 seconds
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per question based on the time you've
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gotten from those easy subjects that is
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why you have to be very fast with those
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subject subject so that you have enough
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time. If it has to do with calculation,
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if it is mathematics, you can really
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settle down, you know, to do your
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mathematics calculation. Continue.
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>> The third trick is using elimination
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method. When you see a question and the
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options are quite confusing, what you
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can do is to use elimination method.
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What does elimination method mean? When
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you look at a question, there are
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options. You are definitely sure that
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this is not the correct answer. You
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remove it. You can identify two options
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that you are sure that are not the
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correct answers. In that way, you
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increase your probability of answering
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the correct answer. So since you just
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have two options to battle with, you are
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definitely likely to choose the correct
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answer because the probability has now
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moved from 50% to 25%. Always use
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elimination method. That is why while
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you are practicing for your exam, try to
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learn how to use this elimination method
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to answer questions correctly. The
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fourth trick is to skip difficult
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questions. When you encounter a question
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that you don't know the answer to, you
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can't use elimination method and you are
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spending more than a minute, you know,
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trying to figure out the current answer,
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ensure you skip it. For me, I don't
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waste time up to a minute trying to
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figure out the answer. Once I read a
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question and it's not familiar, I will
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skip it immediately because it is better
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you skip it and come back to answer that
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same question. Remember the way jam is
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structured is that when you skip a
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question, it's very easy for you to know
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the questions you've skipped and you can
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always come back to really settle down
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and answer it. And the good thing is
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that in the course of answering all that
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questions, you might see something
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related that will help you to answer
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that question correctly or you'll be
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more relaxed by the time you know okay
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I've answered a lot of questions. You
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can now be more relaxed to really think
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and remember the current answer to that
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question. Always keep questions that are
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difficult for you to answer. Then
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lastly, beware of absolute words. In
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subjects like CRS, government or
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biology, options containing absolute
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words like always, never, only or must
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are often incorrect. JAM examiner use
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these to create traps. Balance or
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moderate statements are more likely to
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be the correct answer. On the day of
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your examination, make sure you arrive
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at the venue on time. A lot of students
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usually encounter the problem of trying
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to locate their exam venue, especially
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when it was changed in the last minute.
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But do everything possible to arrive on
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time because if you arrive late, you are
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going to be very agitated and anxious,
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which can affect your overall
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performance. And a bonus tip is ensure
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you read the literature text because
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most people they feel like I'm a science
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student. I shouldn't really bother
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myself reading the literature text.
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Remember about 10 to 15 questions are
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going to come from the literature text.
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So that should be like a bonus mark to
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you. In order for you to really be
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familiar with the whole examination, you
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have to stimulate yourself in the sense
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that you should be practicing jam CBT
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questions often before your exam. So
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these are some of the things that will
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help you to really do well in your jam
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examination. If you have any questions
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or you need further clarification, feel
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free to let me know in the comments and
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I will definitely assist you.
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