• Good question. Don't worry about the people who are complaining about the question. There are some people who will complain no matter how clear the question is. Given the history of really tedious nit picking trick questions many people are trained to look for the most little inconsistency. My guess is that many of the people complaining would have gotten it wrong even if you had included all the details they are complaining about. 😉

    Thanks for the time creating the question for us and the topic was learned by all of us.

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