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1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 4 3 7 # + 4 3 6 . 9 1 0 2 5 . 9 3 0 5 . 4 2 6 . 9 4 9 . 0 3 0 . 0 8 6 7 . 9 3 . 1 2 3 2 . 3 1 6 1 5 0 8 0 3 . 1 7 7 . 2 5

1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 3 9 3 # + 3 9 2 . 7 1 0 1 6 . 0 3 0 3 . 0 2 4 . 4 4 3 . 9 3 0 . 0 8 6 8 . 2 3 . 4 5 3 5 . 6 1 4 1 5 0 7 4 3 . 1 4 8 . 0 1

1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 3 4 9 # + 3 4 9 . 4 1 0 0 8 . 1 3 0 2 . 0 2 1 . 1 4 0 . 0 3 0 . 0 8 6 8 . 1 3 . 7 7 4 1 . 1 1 3 1 5 0 7 0 3 . 1 3 8 . 9 6

1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 3 1 4 # + 3 1 4 . 3 1 0 0 0 . 0 3 0 0 . 0 1 9 . 1 3 5 . 9 3 0 . 0 8 6 8 . 2 4 . 1 8 4 5 . 5 1 2 1 5 0 6 6 3 . 1 1 9 . 9 0

1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 2 7 2 # + 2 7 2 . 3 9 9 0 . 1 3 0 0 . 0 1 6 . 5 3 1 . 0 3 0 . 0 8 6 8 . 1 4 . 8 4 5 2 . 6 1 0 1 5 2 6 3 3 . 1 0 1 1 . 4

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1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 2 4 9 # + 2 4 8 . 7 9 8 0 . 2 3 0 0 . 0 1 6 . 5 2 6 . 0 3 0 . 0 8 6 8 . 2 5 . 7 7 5 2 . 6 1 0 1 5 2 5 6 3 . 0 8 1 2 . 4

1 0 1 6 x 3 0 5 x 2 2 2 # + 2 2 2 . 0 9 7 0 . 3 3 0 0 . 0 1 6 . 0 2 1 . 1 3 0 . 0 8 6 8 . 1 7 . 1 1 5 4 . 3 1 0 1 5 2 5 2 3 . 0 6 1 3 . 8

9 1 4 x 4 1 9 x 3 8 8 # 3 8 8 . 0 9 2 1 . 0 4 2 0 . 5 2 1 . 4 3 6 . 6 2 4 . 1 7 9 9 . 6 5 . 7 4 3 7 . 4 1 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 . 4 4 8 . 8 7

9 1 4 x 4 1 9 x 3 4 3 # 3 4 3 . 3 9 1 1 . 8 4 1 8 . 5 1 9 . 4 3 2 . 0 2 4 . 1 7 9 9 . 6 6 . 5 4 4 1 . 2 1 2 2 1 0 5 8 3 . 4 2 9 . 9 5

9 1 4 x 3 0 5 x 2 8 9 # 2 8 9 . 1 9 2 6 . 6 3 0 7 . 7 1 9 . 5 3 2 . 0 1 9 . 1 8 2 4 . 4 4 . 8 1 4 2 . 3 1 2 1 5 6 5 2 3 . 0 1 1 0 . 4

9 1 4 x 3 0 5 x 2 5 3 # 2 5 3 . 4 9 1 8 . 4 3 0 5 . 5 1 7 . 3 2 7 . 9 1 9 . 1 8 2 4 . 4 5 . 4 7 4 7 . 7 1 1 1 5 6 4 8 2 . 9 9 1 1 . 8

9 1 4 x 3 0 5 x 2 2 4 # 2 2 4 . 2 9 1 0 . 4 3 0 4 . 1 1 5 . 9 2 3 . 9 1 9 . 1 8 2 4 . 4 6 . 3 6 5 1 . 8 1 0 1 5 6 4 4 2 . 9 7 1 3 . 3

9 1 4 x 3 0 5 x 2 0 1 # 2 0 0 . 9 9 0 3 . 0 3 0 3 . 3 1 5 . 1 2 0 . 2 1 9 . 1 8 2 4 . 4 7 . 5 1 5 4 . 6 1 0 1 5 6 4 0 2 . 9 6 1 4 . 7

8 3 8 x 2 9 2 x 2 2 6 # 2 2 6 . 5 8 5 0 . 9 2 9 3 . 8 1 6 . 1 2 6 . 8 1 7 . 8 7 6 1 . 7 5 . 4 8 4 7 . 3 1 0 1 5 0 4 6 2 . 8 1 1 2 . 4

8 3 8 x 2 9 2 x 1 9 4 # 1 9 3 . 8 8 4 0 . 7 2 9 2 . 4 1 4 . 7 2 1 . 7 1 7 . 8 7 6 1 . 7 6 . 7 4 5 1 . 8 9 1 5 0 4 0 2 . 7 9 1 4 . 4

8 3 8 x 2 9 2 x 1 7 6 # 1 7 5 . 9 8 3 4 . 9 2 9 1 . 7 1 4 . 0 1 8 . 8 1 7 . 8 7 6 1 . 7 7 . 7 6 5 4 . 4 9 1 5 0 3 8 2 . 7 8 1 5 . 8

7 6 2 x 2 6 7 x 1 9 7 1 9 6 . 8 7 6 9 . 8 2 6 8 . 0 1 5 . 6 2 5 . 4 1 6 . 5 6 8 6 . 0 5 . 2 8 4 4 . 0 1 0 1 3 8 4 2 2 . 5 5 1 3 . 0

7 6 2 x 2 6 7 x 1 7 3 1 7 3 . 0 7 6 2 . 2 2 6 6 . 7 1 4 . 3 2 1 . 6 1 6 . 5 6 8 6 . 0 6 . 1 7 4 8 . 0 9 1 3 8 4 0 2 . 5 3 1 4 . 6

7 6 2 x 2 6 7 x 1 4 7 1 4 6 . 9 7 5 4 . 0 2 6 5 . 2 1 2 . 8 1 7 . 5 1 6 . 5 6 8 6 . 0 7 . 5 8 5 3 . 6 8 1 3 8 3 4 2 . 5 1 1 7 . 1

7 6 2 x 2 6 7 x 1 3 4 1 3 3 . 9 7 5 0 . 0 2 6 4 . 4 1 2 . 0 1 5 . 5 1 6 . 5 6 8 6 . 0 8 . 5 3 5 7 . 2 8 1 3 8 3 2 2 . 5 1 1 8 . 7

6 8 6 x 2 5 4 x 1 7 0 1 7 0 . 2 6 9 2 . 9 2 5 5 . 8 1 4 . 5 2 3 . 7 1 5 . 2 6 1 5 . 1 5 . 4 0 4 2 . 4 9 1 3 2 4 0 2 . 3 5 1 3 . 8

6 8 6 x 2 5 4 x 1 5 2 1 5 2 . 4 6 8 7 . 5 2 5 4 . 5 1 3 . 2 2 1 . 0 1 5 . 2 6 1 5 . 1 6 . 0 6 4 6 . 6 9 1 3 2 3 8 2 . 3 4 1 5 . 4

6 8 6 x 2 5 4 x 1 4 0 1 4 0 . 1 6 8 3 . 5 2 5 3 . 7 1 2 . 4 1 9 . 0 1 5 . 2 6 1 5 . 1 6 . 6 8 4 9 . 6 8 1 3 2 3 6 2 . 3 3 1 6 . 6

6 8 6 x 2 5 4 x 1 2 5 1 2 5 . 2 6 7 7 . 9 2 5 3 . 0 1 1 . 7 1 6 . 2 1 5 . 2 6 1 5 . 1 7 . 8 1 5 2 . 6 8 1 3 2 3 2 2 . 3 2 1 8 . 5

6 1 0 x 3 0 5 x 2 3 8 2 3 8 . 1 6 3 5 . 8 3 1 1 . 4 1 8 . 4 3 1 . 4 1 6 . 5 5 4 0 . 0 4 . 9 6 2 9 . 3 1 1 1 5 8 4 8 2 . 4 5 1 0 . 3

6 1 0 x 3 0 5 x 1 7 9 1 7 9 . 0 6 2 0 . 2 3 0 7 . 1 1 4 . 1 2 3 . 6 1 6 . 5 5 4 0 . 0 6 . 5 1 3 8 . 3 9 1 5 8 4 2 2 . 4 1 1 3 . 5

6 1 0 x 3 0 5 x 1 4 9 1 4 9 . 2 6 1 2 . 4 3 0 4 . 8 1 1 . 8 1 9 . 7 1 6 . 5 5 4 0 . 0 7 . 7 4 4 5 . 8 8 1 5 8 3 8 2 . 3 9 1 6 . 0

6 1 0 x 2 2 9 x 1 4 0 1 3 9 . 9 6 1 7 . 2 2 3 0 . 2 1 3 . 1 2 2 . 1 1 2 . 7 5 4 7 . 6 5 . 2 1 4 1 . 8 9 1 2 0 3 6 2 . 1 1 1 5 . 1

6 1 0 x 2 2 9 x 1 2 5 1 2 5 . 1 6 1 2 . 2 2 2 9 . 0 1 1 . 9 1 9 . 6 1 2 . 7 5 4 7 . 6 5 . 8 4 4 6 . 0 8 1 2 0 3 4 2 . 0 9 1 6 . 7

6 1 0 x 2 2 9 x 1 1 3 1 1 3 . 0 6 0 7 . 6 2 2 8 . 2 1 1 . 1 1 7 . 3 1 2 . 7 5 4 7 . 6 6 . 6 0 4 9 . 3 8 1 2 0 3 0 2 . 0 8 1 8 . 4

6 1 0 x 2 2 9 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 . 2 6 0 2 . 6 2 2 7 . 6 1 0 . 5 1 4 . 8 1 2 . 7 5 4 7 . 6 7 . 6 9 5 2 . 2 7 1 2 0 2 8 2 . 0 7 2 0 . 5

5 3 3 x 2 1 0 x 1 2 2 1 2 2 . 0 5 4 4 . 5 2 1 1 . 9 1 2 . 7 2 1 . 3 1 2 . 7 4 7 6 . 5 4 . 9 7 3 7 . 5 8 1 1 0 3 4 1 . 8 9 1 5 . 5

5 3 3 x 2 1 0 x 1 0 9 1 0 9 . 0 5 3 9 . 5 2 1 0 . 8 1 1 . 6 1 8 . 8 1 2 . 7 4 7 6 . 5 5 . 6 1 4 1 . 1 8 1 1 0 3 2 1 . 8 8 1 7 . 2

5 3 3 x 2 1 0 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 . 0 5 3 6 . 7 2 1 0 . 0 1 0 . 8 1 7 . 4 1 2 . 7 4 7 6 . 5 6 . 0 3 4 4 . 1 7 1 1 0 3 2 1 . 8 7 1 8 . 5

5 3 3 x 2 1 0 x 9 2 9 2 . 1 5 3 3 . 1 2 0 9 . 3 1 0 . 1 1 5 . 6 1 2 . 7 4 7 6 . 5 6 . 7 1 4 7 . 2 7 1 1 0 3 0 1 . 8 6 2 0 . 2

5 3 3 x 2 1 0 x 8 2 8 2 . 2 5 2 8 . 3 2 0 8 . 8 9 . 6 1 3 . 2 1 2 . 7 4 7 6 . 5 7 . 9 1 4 9 . 6 7 1 1 0 2 6 1 . 8 5 2 2 . 5

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4 5 7 x 1 9 1 x 7 4 7 4 . 3 4 5 7 . 0 1 9 0 . 4 9 . 0 1 4 . 5 1 0 . 2 4 0 7 . 6 6 . 5 7 4 5 . 3 7 1 0 2 2 6 1 . 6 4 2 2 . 1

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4 5 7 x 1 5 2 x 7 4 7 4 . 2 4 6 2 . 0 1 5 4 . 4 9 . 6 1 7 . 0 1 0 . 2 4 0 7 . 6 4 . 5 4 4 2 . 5 7 8 4 2 8 1 . 5 0 2 0 . 3

4 5 7 x 1 5 2 x 6 7 6 7 . 2 4 5 8 . 0 1 5 3 . 8 9 . 0 1 5 . 0 1 0 . 2 4 0 7 . 6 5 . 1 3 4 5 . 3 7 8 4 2 6 1 . 5 0 2 2 . 3

4 5 7 x 1 5 2 x 6 0 5 9 . 8 4 5 4 . 6 1 5 2 . 9 8 . 1 1 3 . 3 1 0 . 2 4 0 7 . 6 5 . 7 5 5 0 . 3 6 8 4 2 4 1 . 4 9 2 4 . 9

4 5 7 x 1 5 2 x 5 2 5 2 . 3 4 4 9 . 8 1 5 2 . 4 7 . 6 1 0 . 9 1 0 . 2 4 0 7 . 6 6 . 9 9 5 3 . 6 6 8 4 2 2 1 . 4 8 2 8 . 2

4 0 6 x 1 7 8 x 7 4 7 4 . 2 4 1 2 . 8 1 7 9 . 5 9 . 5 1 6 . 0 1 0 . 2 3 6 0 . 4 5 . 6 1 3 7 . 9 7 9 6 2 8 1 . 5 1 2 0 . 3

4 0 6 x 1 7 8 x 6 7 6 7 . 1 4 0 9 . 4 1 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 1 4 . 3 1 0 . 2 3 6 0 . 4 6 . 2 5 4 1 . 0 6 9 6 2 6 1 . 5 0 2 2 . 3

4 0 6 x 1 7 8 x 6 0 6 0 . 1 4 0 6 . 4 1 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 1 2 . 8 1 0 . 2 3 6 0 . 4 6 . 9 5 4 5 . 6 6 9 6 2 4 1 . 4 9 2 4 . 8

4 0 6 x 1 7 8 x 5 4 5 4 . 1 4 0 2 . 6 1 7 7 . 7 7 . 7 1 0 . 9 1 0 . 2 3 6 0 . 4 8 . 1 5 4 6 . 8 6 9 6 2 2 1 . 4 8 2 7 . 4

4 0 6 x 1 4 0 x 4 6 4 6 . 0 4 0 3 . 2 1 4 2 . 2 6 . 8 1 1 . 2 1 0 . 2 3 6 0 . 4 6 . 3 5 5 3 . 0 5 7 8 2 2 1 . 3 4 2 9 . 2

4 0 6 x 1 4 0 x 3 9 3 9 . 0 3 9 8 . 0 1 4 1 . 8 6 . 4 8 . 6 1 0 . 2 3 6 0 . 4 8 . 2 4 5 6 . 3 5 7 8 2 0 1 . 3 3 3 4 . 2

3 5 6 x 1 7 1 x 6 7 6 7 . 1 3 6 3 . 4 1 7 3 . 2 9 . 1 1 5 . 7 1 0 . 2 3 1 1 . 6 5 . 5 2 3 4 . 2 7 9 4 2 6 1 . 3 8 2 0 . 6

3 5 6 x 1 7 1 x 5 7 5 7 . 0 3 5 8 . 0 1 7 2 . 2 8 . 1 1 3 . 0 1 0 . 2 3 1 1 . 6 6 . 6 2 3 8 . 5 6 9 4 2 4 1 . 3 7 2 4 . 1

3 5 6 x 1 7 1 x 5 1 5 1 . 0 3 5 5 . 0 1 7 1 . 5 7 . 4 1 1 . 5 1 0 . 2 3 1 1 . 6 7 . 4 6 4 2 . 1 6 9 4 2 2 1 . 3 6 2 6 . 7

3 5 6 x 1 7 1 x 4 5 4 5 . 0 3 5 1 . 4 1 7 1 . 1 7 . 0 9 . 7 1 0 . 2 3 1 1 . 6 8 . 8 2 4 4 . 5 6 9 4 2 0 1 . 3 6 3 0 . 1

3 5 6 x 1 2 7 x 3 9 3 9 . 1 3 5 3 . 4 1 2 6 . 0 6 . 6 1 0 . 7 1 0 . 2 3 1 1 . 6 5 . 8 9 4 7 . 2 5 7 0 2 2 1 . 1 8 3 0 . 2

3 5 6 x 1 2 7 x 3 3 3 3 . 1 3 4 9 . 0 1 2 5 . 4 6 . 0 8 . 5 1 0 . 2 3 1 1 . 6 7 . 3 8 5 1 . 9 5 7 0 2 0 1 . 1 7 3 5 . 4

3 0 5 x 1 6 5 x 5 4 5 4 . 0 3 1 0 . 4 1 6 6 . 9 7 . 9 1 3 . 7 8 . 9 2 6 5 . 2 6 . 0 9 3 3 . 6 6 9 0 2 4 1 . 2 6 2 3 . 3

3 0 5 x 1 6 5 x 4 6 4 6 . 1 3 0 6 . 6 1 6 5 . 7 6 . 7 1 1 . 8 8 . 9 2 6 5 . 2 7 . 0 2 3 9 . 6 5 9 0 2 2 1 . 2 5 2 7 . 1

3 0 5 x 1 6 5 x 4 0 4 0 . 3 3 0 3 . 4 1 6 5 . 0 6 . 0 1 0 . 2 8 . 9 2 6 5 . 2 8 . 0 9 4 4 . 2 5 9 0 2 0 1 . 2 4 3 0 . 8

3 0 5 x 1 2 7 x 4 8 4 8 . 1 3 1 1 . 0 1 2 5 . 3 9 . 0 1 4 . 0 8 . 9 2 6 5 . 2 4 . 4 7 2 9 . 5 7 7 0 2 4 1 . 0 9 2 2 . 7

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2 5 4 x 1 0 2 x 2 5 2 5 . 2 2 5 7 . 2 1 0 1 . 9 6 . 0 8 . 4 7 . 6 2 2 5 . 2 6 . 0 7 3 7 . 5 5 5 8 1 6 0 . 8 9 7 3 5 . 6

2 5 4 x 1 0 2 x 2 2 2 2 . 0 2 5 4 . 0 1 0 1 . 6 5 . 7 6 . 8 7 . 6 2 2 5 . 2 7 . 4 7 3 9 . 5 5 5 8 1 6 0 . 8 9 0 4 0 . 5

2 0 3 x 1 3 3 x 3 0 3 0 . 0 2 0 6 . 8 1 3 3 . 9 6 . 4 9 . 6 7 . 6 1 7 2 . 4 6 . 9 7 2 6 . 9 5 7 4 1 8 0 . 9 2 3 3 0 . 8

2 0 3 x 1 3 3 x 2 5 2 5 . 1 2 0 3 . 2 1 3 3 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 6 1 7 2 . 4 8 . 5 4 3 0 . 2 5 7 4 1 6 0 . 9 1 5 3 6 . 4

2 0 3 x 1 0 2 x 2 3 2 3 . 1 2 0 3 . 2 1 0 1 . 8 5 . 4 9 . 3 7 . 6 1 6 9 . 4 5 . 4 7 3 1 . 4 5 6 0 1 8 0 . 7 9 0 3 4 . 2

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1 5 2 x 8 9 x 1 6 1 6 . 0 1 5 2 . 4 8 8 . 7 4 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 6 1 2 1 . 8 5 . 7 6 2 7 . 1 4 5 4 1 6 0 . 6 3 8 3 9 . 8

1 2 7 x 7 6 x 1 3 1 3 . 0 1 2 7 . 0 7 6 . 0 4 . 0 7 . 6 7 . 6 9 6 . 6 5 . 0 0 2 4 . 1 4 4 6 1 6 0 . 5 3 7 4 1 . 3

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1 0 0 x 1 0 0 8 1 2 . 2 1 2 . 0 6 . 0 0 1 5 . 5 2 . 7 4 1 4 5 2 3 0 5 9 . 9 3 . 0 6 3 . 8 5 1 . 9 6 1 9 . 9 3 . 6 8 3 . 7 0

9 0 x 9 0 1 2 # 1 5 . 9 1 1 . 0 5 . 5 0 2 0 . 3 2 . 6 6 1 4 9 2 3 5 6 2 . 0 2 . 7 1 3 . 4 0 1 . 7 5 2 3 . 5 1 0 . 4 6 2 . 1 7

9 0 x 9 0 1 0 1 3 . 4 1 1 . 0 5 . 5 0 1 7 . 1 2 . 5 8 1 2 7 2 0 1 5 2 . 6 2 . 7 2 3 . 4 2 1 . 7 5 1 9 . 8 6 . 2 0 2 . 6 4

9 0 x 9 0 8 1 0 . 9 1 1 . 0 5 . 5 0 1 3 . 9 2 . 5 0 1 0 4 1 6 6 4 3 . 1 2 . 7 4 3 . 4 5 1 . 7 6 1 6 . 1 3 . 2 8 3 . 3 3

9 0 x 9 0 7 # 9 . 6 1 1 1 . 0 5 . 5 0 1 2 . 2 2 . 4 5 9 2 . 6 1 4 7 3 8 . 3 2 . 7 5 3 . 4 6 1 . 7 7 1 4 . 1 2 . 2 4 3 . 8 0

8 0 x 8 0 1 0 1 1 . 9 1 0 . 0 5 . 0 0 1 5 . 1 2 . 3 4 8 7 . 5 1 3 9 3 6 . 4 2 . 4 1 3 . 0 3 1 . 5 5 1 5 . 4 5 . 4 5 2 . 3 3

8 0 x 8 0 8 9 . 6 3 1 0 . 0 5 . 0 0 1 2 . 3 2 . 2 6 7 2 . 2 1 1 5 2 9 . 9 2 . 4 3 3 . 0 6 1 . 5 6 1 2 . 6 2 . 8 8 2 . 9 4

7 5 x 7 5 8 8 . 9 9 9 . 0 0 4 . 5 0 1 1 . 4 2 . 1 4 5 9 . 1 9 3 . 8 2 4 . 5 2 . 2 7 2 . 8 6 1 . 4 6 1 1 . 0 2 . 6 5 2 . 7 6

7 5 x 7 5 6 6 . 8 5 9 . 0 0 4 . 5 0 8 . 7 3 2 . 0 5 4 5 . 8 7 2 . 7 1 8 . 9 2 . 2 9 2 . 8 9 1 . 4 7 8 . 4 1 1 . 1 7 3 . 7 0

7 0 x 7 0 7 7 . 3 8 9 . 0 0 4 . 5 0 9 . 4 0 1 . 9 7 4 2 . 3 6 7 . 1 1 7 . 5 2 . 1 2 2 . 6 7 1 . 3 6 8 . 4 1 1 . 6 9 2 . 9 2

7 0 x 7 0 6 6 . 3 8 9 . 0 0 4 . 5 0 8 . 1 3 1 . 9 3 3 6 . 9 5 8 . 5 1 5 . 3 2 . 1 3 2 . 6 8 1 . 3 7 7 . 2 7 1 . 0 9 3 3 . 4 1

6 5 x 6 5 7 6 . 8 3 9 . 0 0 4 . 5 0 8 . 7 3 2 . 0 5 3 3 . 4 5 3 . 0 1 3 . 8 1 . 9 6 2 . 4 7 1 . 2 6 7 . 1 8 1 . 5 8 2 . 6 7

6 0 x 6 0 8 7 . 0 9 8 . 0 0 4 . 0 0 9 . 0 3 1 . 7 7 2 9 . 2 4 6 . 1 1 2 . 2 1 . 8 0 2 . 2 6 1 . 1 6 6 . 8 9 2 . 0 9 2 . 1 4

6 0 x 6 0 6 5 . 4 2 8 . 0 0 4 . 0 0 6 . 9 1 1 . 6 9 2 2 . 8 3 6 . 1 9 . 4 4 1 . 8 2 2 . 2 9 1 . 1 7 5 . 2 9 0 . 9 2 2 2 . 9 0

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5 0 x 5 0 5 3 . 7 7 7 . 0 0 3 . 5 0 4 . 8 0 1 . 4 0 1 1 . 0 1 7 . 4 4 . 5 5 1 . 5 1 1 . 9 0 0 . 9 7 3 3 . 0 5 0 . 4 5 0 2 . 8 8

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1 0 0 x 7 5 1 0 2 3 . 8 1 4 . 0 0 . 5 4 4 5 . 9 5 2 . 5 4 3 . 2 2 4 . 1 7 1 6 . 6

1 0 0 x 7 5 8 1 9 . 3 1 1 . 4 0 . 5 4 7 3 . 1 3 3 . 1 8 4 . 0 8 5 . 2 4 1 3 . 5

1 0 0 x 6 5 1 0 # 2 3 . 2 1 0 . 5 0 . 4 1 0 5 . 6 1 2 . 5 2 3 . 4 3 5 . 4 5 1 5 . 6

1 0 0 x 6 5 8 # 1 8 . 9 8 . 5 4 0 . 4 1 3 2 . 9 6 3 . 1 4 4 . 3 5 6 . 8 6 1 2 . 7

1 0 0 x 6 5 7 # 1 6 . 6 7 . 5 3 0 . 4 1 5 2 . 0 2 3 . 5 8 5 . 0 0 7 . 8 5 1 1 . 2

1 0 0 x 5 0 8 1 8 . 2 5 . 0 8 0 . 2 5 8 2 . 6 1 3 . 3 0 4 . 8 0 8 . 6 1 1 1 . 4

1 0 0 x 5 0 6 1 3 . 8 3 . 8 9 0 . 2 6 2 1 . 1 4 4 . 3 8 6 . 5 2 1 1 . 6 8 . 7 1

8 0 x 6 0 7 1 0 . 7 6 . 3 4 0 . 5 4 6 1 . 6 6 2 . 9 2 3 . 7 2 4 . 7 8 9 . 3 8

8 0 x 4 0 8 1 1 . 4 3 . 1 6 0 . 2 5 3 2 . 0 5 2 . 6 1 3 . 7 3 6 . 8 5 9 . 0 1

8 0 x 4 0 6 8 . 7 3 2 . 4 4 0 . 2 5 8 0 . 8 9 9 3 . 4 8 5 . 1 2 9 . 2 2 6 . 8 9

7 5 x 5 0 8 1 0 . 4 4 . 9 5 0 . 4 3 0 2 . 1 4 2 . 3 6 3 . 1 8 4 . 9 2 9 . 4 1

7 5 x 5 0 6 8 . 0 1 3 . 8 1 0 . 4 3 5 0 . 9 3 5 3 . 1 8 4 . 3 4 6 . 6 0 7 . 1 9

7 0 x 5 0 6 7 . 0 1 3 . 7 8 0 . 5 0 0 0 . 8 9 9 2 . 9 6 3 . 8 9 5 . 4 4 6 . 8 9

6 5 x 5 0 5 5 . 1 4 3 . 1 9 0 . 5 7 7 0 . 4 9 8 3 . 3 8 4 . 2 6 5 . 0 8 5 . 5 4

6 0 x 4 0 6 5 . 0 3 2 . 3 8 0 . 4 3 1 0 . 7 3 5 2 . 5 1 3 . 3 9 5 . 2 6 5 . 6 8

6 0 x 4 0 5 4 . 2 5 2 . 0 2 0 . 4 3 4 0 . 4 3 5 3 . 0 2 4 . 1 1 6 . 3 4 4 . 7 9

6 0 x 3 0 5 4 . 0 7 1 . 1 4 0 . 2 5 7 0 . 3 8 2 3 . 1 5 4 . 5 6 8 . 2 6 4 . 2 8

5 0 x 3 0 5 2 . 8 6 1 . 1 1 0 . 3 5 2 0 . 3 4 0 2 . 5 1 3 . 5 2 5 . 9 9 3 . 7 8

4 5 x 3 0 4 1 . 9 1 0 . 9 1 0 0 . 4 3 6 0 . 1 6 6 2 . 8 5 3 . 8 7 5 . 9 2 2 . 8 7

4 0 x 2 5 4 1 . 4 7 0 . 6 1 9 0 . 3 8 0 0 . 1 4 2 2 . 5 1 3 . 4 8 5 . 7 5 2 . 4 6

4 0 x 2 0 4 1 . 4 2 0 . 3 9 3 0 . 2 5 2 0 . 1 3 1 2 . 5 7 3 . 6 8 6 . 8 6 2 . 2 6

3 0 x 2 0 4 0 . 8 0 7 0 . 3 7 9 0 . 4 2 1 0 . 1 0 9 6 1 . 7 9 2 . 3 9 3 . 9 5 1 . 8 6

3 0 x 2 0 3 0 . 6 2 1 0 . 2 9 2 0 . 4 2 7 0 . 0 4 8 6 2 . 4 0 3 . 2 8 5 . 3 1 1 . 4 3

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# C h e c k a v a i l a b i l i t y .

S S S
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2 0 0 4 1 5 2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 6 9 7 . 0 1 5 1 4 . 5 1 2 4 4 6 8 0 9 5 4 0 6 . 1 6 8 . 7 9 3 2 4 4 6 0

1 5 0 3 1 2 1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 8 # 8 0 . 2 1 2 1 0 . 6 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 6 6 0 4 . 5 5 6 . 7 5 2 0 0 2 9 9

1 5 0 3 1 2 1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 5 6 7 . 6 1 2 1 0 . 8 8 6 . 0 1 8 0 0 3 8 2 0 4 . 5 7 6 . 6 6 1 6 7 2 4 5

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1 5 0 3 1 2 1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 0 4 6 . 0 1 2 1 1 . 0 5 8 . 6 1 2 5 0 2 5 0 0 4 . 6 2 6 . 5 4 1 1 4 1 6 0

1 2 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 x 1 2 0 1 5 # 5 3 . 2 1 2 8 . 4 8 6 8 . 0 8 9 6 2 0 5 0 3 . 6 3 5 . 4 9 1 0 6 1 6 3

1 2 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 x 1 2 0 1 2 4 3 . 2 1 2 8 . 6 0 5 5 . 0 7 3 6 1 6 2 0 3 . 6 5 5 . 4 2 8 5 . 4 1 2 9

1 2 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 x 1 2 0 1 0 3 6 . 4 1 2 8 . 6 9 4 6 . 4 6 2 6 1 3 4 0 3 . 6 7 5 . 3 6 7 2 . 0 1 0 6

1 2 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 x 1 2 0 8 # 2 9 . 4 1 2 8 . 7 6 3 7 . 6 5 1 8 1 0 7 0 3 . 7 1 5 . 3 4 5 9 . 0 8 4 . 9

1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 5 # 4 3 . 8 1 0 6 . 9 8 5 6 . 0 5 0 0 1 1 9 0 2 . 9 9 4 . 6 2 7 1 . 6 1 1 3

1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 . 6 1 0 7 . 1 0 4 5 . 4 4 1 4 9 3 9 3 . 0 2 4 . 5 5 5 8 . 2 8 9 . 4

1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 . 0 1 0 7 . 1 8 3 8 . 4 3 5 4 7 7 7 3 . 0 4 4 . 5 0 4 9 . 2 7 4 . 0

1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 0 0 8 2 4 . 4 1 0 7 . 2 6 3 1 . 0 2 9 0 6 1 5 3 . 0 6 4 . 4 6 3 9 . 8 5 8 . 6

9 0 1 9 0 9 0 x 9 0 1 2 # 3 1 . 8 1 0 6 . 3 4 4 0 . 6 2 9 8 7 0 3 2 . 7 1 4 . 1 6 4 7 . 0 7 4 . 0

9 0 1 9 0 9 0 x 9 0 1 0 2 6 . 8 1 0 6 . 4 2 3 4 . 2 2 5 4 5 7 8 2 . 7 2 4 . 1 1 3 9 . 6 6 0 . 9

9 0 1 9 0 9 0 x 9 0 8 2 1 . 8 1 0 6 . 5 0 2 7 . 8 2 0 8 4 5 8 2 . 7 4 4 . 0 6 3 2 . 2 4 8 . 2

9 0 1 9 0 9 0 x 9 0 7 # 1 9 . 2 1 0 6 . 5 5 2 4 . 4 1 8 5 3 9 8 2 . 7 5 4 . 0 4 2 8 . 2 4 1 . 8

8 0 1 7 0 8 0 x 8 0 1 0 2 3 . 8 8 5 . 6 6 3 0 . 2 1 7 5 4 0 2 2 . 4 1 3 . 6 5 3 0 . 8 4 7 . 3

8 0 1 7 0 8 0 x 8 0 8 1 9 . 3 8 5 . 7 4 2 4 . 6 1 4 4 3 1 8 2 . 4 3 3 . 6 0 2 5 . 2 3 7 . 5

7 5 1 6 0 7 5 x 7 5 8 1 8 . 0 8 5 . 3 6 2 2 . 8 1 1 8 2 6 5 2 . 2 7 3 . 4 1 2 2 . 0 3 3 . 2

7 5 1 6 0 7 5 x 7 5 6 1 3 . 7 8 5 . 4 5 1 7 . 5 9 1 . 6 1 9 6 2 . 2 9 3 . 3 5 1 6 . 8 2 4 . 6

7 0 1 5 0 7 0 x 7 0 7 1 4 . 8 8 5 . 0 3 1 8 . 8 8 4 . 6 1 9 0 2 . 1 2 3 . 1 8 1 6 . 8 2 5 . 4

7 0 1 5 0 7 0 x 7 0 6 1 2 . 8 8 5 . 0 7 1 6 . 3 7 3 . 8 1 6 2 2 . 1 3 3 . 1 6 1 4 . 5 2 1 . 6

6 5 1 4 0 6 5 x 6 5 7 1 3 . 7 8 4 . 4 5 1 7 . 5 6 6 . 8 1 7 2 1 . 9 6 3 . 1 4 1 4 . 4 2 4 . 5

6 0 1 3 0 6 0 x 6 0 8 1 4 . 2 8 4 . 2 3 1 8 . 1 5 8 . 4 1 4 3 1 . 8 0 2 . 8 2 1 3 . 8 2 2 . 1

6 0 1 3 0 6 0 x 6 0 6 1 0 . 8 8 4 . 3 1 1 3 . 8 4 5 . 6 1 0 6 1 . 8 2 2 . 7 7 1 0 . 6 1 6 . 3

6 0 1 3 0 6 0 x 6 0 5 9 . 1 4 8 4 . 3 6 1 1 . 6 3 8 . 8 8 7 . 2 1 . 8 2 2 . 7 4 8 . 9 0 1 3 . 4

5 0 1 1 0 5 0 x 5 0 6 8 . 9 4 8 3 . 5 5 1 1 . 4 2 5 . 6 6 4 . 5 1 . 5 0 2 . 3 8 7 . 2 2 1 1 . 7

5 0 1 1 0 5 0 x 5 0 5 7 . 5 4 8 3 . 6 0 9 . 6 0 2 2 . 0 5 3 . 1 1 . 5 1 2 . 3 5 6 . 1 0 9 . 6 6

5 0 1 1 0 5 0 x 5 0 4 6 . 1 2 8 3 . 6 4 7 . 7 8 1 7 . 9 4 2 . 0 1 . 5 2 2 . 3 2 4 . 9 2 7 . 6 4

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2 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 x 1 5 0 1 5 7 9 . 2 1 5 1 3 . 8 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 9 9 0 6 . 3 3 6 . 2 8 2 9 4 2 5 3

2 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 x 1 5 0 1 2 6 4 . 0 1 5 1 3 . 9 8 1 . 6 3 3 0 0 3 1 6 0 6 . 3 6 6 . 2 2 2 3 8 2 0 1

2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 5 6 7 . 5 1 5 1 2 . 8 8 6 . 0 3 5 2 0 1 3 6 0 6 . 4 0 3 . 9 7 2 7 4 1 2 7

2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 2 5 4 . 6 1 5 1 3 . 0 6 9 . 6 2 8 8 0 1 0 6 0 6 . 4 3 3 . 9 0 2 2 2 9 8 . 6

2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 . 0 1 5 1 3 . 1 5 8 . 4 2 4 4 0 8 6 5 6 . 4 6 3 . 8 5 1 8 6 8 0 . 5

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1 5 0 1 9 2 1 5 0 x 9 0 1 5 5 3 . 2 1 2 9 . 7 9 6 7 . 8 1 5 2 0 9 5 3 4 . 7 4 3 . 7 5 1 5 5 9 9 . 3

1 5 0 1 9 2 1 5 0 x 9 0 1 2 4 3 . 2 1 2 9 . 9 2 5 5 . 0 1 2 5 0 7 4 9 4 . 7 7 3 . 6 9 1 2 7 7 8 . 0

1 5 0 1 9 2 1 5 0 x 9 0 1 0 3 6 . 4 1 2 1 0 . 0 4 6 . 4 1 0 7 0 6 1 5 4 . 8 0 3 . 6 4 1 0 7 6 4 . 1

1 5 0 1 6 2 1 5 0 x 7 5 1 5 4 9 . 6 1 2 9 . 4 8 6 3 . 4 1 4 3 0 6 0 6 4 . 7 5 3 . 0 9 1 5 0 7 4 . 8

1 5 0 1 6 2 1 5 0 x 7 5 1 2 4 0 . 4 1 2 9 . 6 0 5 1 . 4 1 1 8 0 4 6 9 4 . 7 8 3 . 0 2 1 2 3 5 7 . 9

1 5 0 1 6 2 1 5 0 x 7 5 1 0 3 4 . 0 1 2 9 . 6 9 4 3 . 4 1 0 0 0 3 8 3 4 . 8 1 2 . 9 7 1 0 3 4 7 . 3

1 2 5 1 6 2 1 2 5 x 7 5 1 2 3 5 . 6 1 2 8 . 1 9 4 5 . 4 7 0 8 4 6 1 3 . 9 5 3 . 1 9 8 6 . 4 5 6 . 9

1 2 5 1 6 2 1 2 5 x 7 5 1 0 3 0 . 0 1 2 8 . 2 7 3 8 . 2 6 0 4 3 7 7 3 . 9 7 3 . 1 4 7 3 . 0 4 6 . 5

1 2 5 1 6 2 1 2 5 x 7 5 8 2 4 . 4 1 2 8 . 3 6 3 1 . 0 4 9 4 2 9 6 4 . 0 0 3 . 0 9 5 9 . 2 3 6 . 6

1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 x 7 5 1 2 3 0 . 8 1 0 6 . 7 3 3 9 . 4 3 7 8 4 3 3 3 . 1 0 3 . 3 1 5 6 . 0 5 4 . 1

1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 x 7 5 1 0 2 6 . 0 1 0 6 . 8 1 3 3 . 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 3 . 1 2 3 . 2 7 4 7 . 6 4 4 . 3

1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 x 7 5 8 2 1 . 2 1 0 6 . 9 0 2 7 . 0 2 6 6 2 8 0 3 . 1 4 3 . 2 2 3 8 . 6 3 5 . 0

1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 x 6 5 1 0 # 2 4 . 6 1 0 6 . 6 4 3 1 . 2 3 0 8 2 4 4 3 . 1 4 2 . 7 9 4 6 . 4 3 4 . 8

1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 x 6 5 8 # 1 9 . 9 1 0 6 . 7 3 2 5 . 4 2 5 4 1 9 1 3 . 1 6 2 . 7 4 3 7 . 8 2 7 . 3

1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 x 6 5 7 # 1 7 . 5 1 0 6 . 7 7 2 2 . 4 2 2 6 1 6 6 3 . 1 7 2 . 7 2 3 3 . 2 2 3 . 7

1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 x 5 0 8 1 7 . 9 1 0 6 . 4 0 2 2 . 8 2 3 2 1 0 0 . 0 3 . 1 9 2 . 0 9 3 6 . 4 1 8 . 2

1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 x 5 0 6 1 3 . 7 1 0 6 . 4 9 1 7 . 4 1 8 0 7 2 . 7 3 . 2 1 2 . 0 4 2 7 . 6 1 3 . 2

8 0 1 2 8 8 0 x 6 0 7 1 4 . 7 8 5 . 4 9 1 8 . 8 1 1 8 1 2 6 2 . 5 1 2 . 5 9 2 1 . 4 1 9 . 7

8 0 8 8 8 0 x 4 0 8 1 4 . 1 8 5 . 0 6 1 8 . 0 1 1 5 5 2 . 7 2 . 5 3 1 . 7 1 2 2 . 8 1 2 . 0

8 0 8 8 8 0 x 4 0 6 1 0 . 8 8 5 . 1 5 1 3 . 8 8 9 . 8 3 7 . 9 2 . 5 5 1 . 6 6 1 7 . 5 8 . 6 1

7 5 1 0 8 7 5 x 5 0 8 1 4 . 8 8 4 . 9 8 1 8 . 8 1 0 4 9 0 . 6 2 . 3 5 2 . 1 9 2 0 . 8 1 6 . 8

7 5 1 0 8 7 5 x 5 0 6 1 1 . 3 8 5 . 0 6 1 4 . 4 8 1 . 0 6 6 . 1 2 . 3 7 2 . 1 4 1 6 . 0 1 2 . 2

7 0 1 0 8 7 0 x 5 0 6 1 0 . 8 8 4 . 7 7 1 3 . 8 6 6 . 8 6 5 . 9 2 . 2 0 2 . 1 9 1 4 . 0 1 2 . 2

6 5 1 0 8 6 5 x 5 0 5 8 . 7 0 8 4 . 5 1 1 1 . 1 4 6 . 4 5 4 . 0 2 . 0 5 2 . 2 1 1 0 . 3 9 . 9 9

6 0 8 8 6 0 x 4 0 6 8 . 9 2 8 4 . 0 0 1 1 . 4 4 0 . 2 3 6 . 8 1 . 8 8 1 . 8 0 1 0 . 1 8 . 3 7

6 0 8 8 6 0 x 4 0 5 7 . 5 2 8 4 . 0 4 9 . 5 8 3 4 . 4 3 0 . 3 1 . 8 9 1 . 7 8 8 . 5 0 6 . 8 8

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# C h e c a v a i l a b i l i t y .

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x 4 x 1 1 2 1 4 x x 2 2 4 1 1 2 . 1 4 . 1 4 . 1 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 6 . 6 2 8 . 6 1 2 . 1 2 1 6 2
3 0 5 5 7 9 3 0 5 3 0 5 5 5 9 3 9 9 3 9 0 0 5 0

x 4 x 1 1 1 4 x x 2 1 1 . 4 . 4 1 . 4 1 . 1 2 . 2 1 . 1 . 1 2 . 1 2 . 2 6 4 4 1
3 0 5 5 7 0 9 3 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 5 5 0 9 7 5 9 9 5 0 0 7 0

2 2 x 4 1 x 1 1 8 8 x 2 2 x 2 2 6 1 1 . 2 . 8 4 2 . 4 1 6 . 1 2 6 . 8 1 . 8 . 4 8 2 6 . 4 1 . 8 2 4 6 6 8
9 9 3 3 9 3 3 9 3 5 7 5 0 0 0 5 0

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9 9 9 7 3 9 9 9 9 9 0 3 7 7 7 7 3 0 0 5 3 0

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9 9 3 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 0 7 7 7 9 9 0 0 3 9 0 0

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2 6 x 8 1 x 6 2 x 2 6 x 1 8 . 4 2 6 8 . 8 4 . 8 1 . 6 2 . 4 1 6 . . 2 8 2 4 . . 8 1 4
7 3 9 9 7 7 9 7 9 0 3 5 5 5 5 7 9 9 7 5 0 0 0 9 0

2 6 x 8 1 x 8 6 2 x 2 6 x 1 8 6 . 2 6 6 . 8 1 . 1 4 . 2 1 . 6 1 6 . 6 . 1 2 6 . 6 . 8 1 4
7 3 7 7 7 7 3 5 7 3 0 3 5 7 9 9 5 5 0 0 3 3 0

2 6 x 8 1 x 4 6 2 x 2 6 x 1 4 . 2 6 . 2 6 . 1 2 . 8 1 . 1 6 . . 8 2 . 4 1 . 2 1 2 2
7 3 7 7 7 7 7 3 5 5 3 7 9 7 5 5 7 5 9 0 3 0 0 7 3 0

2 6 x 8 1 x 6 6 2 x 2 6 x 1 4 6 6 . 2 6 4 . 4 4 . 1 2 . 1 . 1 6 . 8 . 1 . 2 1 . 1 2 1 2
7 3 7 7 7 3 9 3 7 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 3 9 0

2 4 x 4 x 8 6 8 6 x 2 4 x 1 8 . 1 2 . 8 4 6 . 4 1 4 . 2 . 1 . 2 . 4 2 . 8 . 6 1 2 1 2
5 3 3 5 5 7 0 5 5 5 3 5 3 7 5 5 0 3 9 7 0 0 3 3 0

2 4 x 4 x 6 6 8 6 x 2 4 x 1 2 6 . 2 2 4 . 4 . 1 . 2 2 1 . 1 . 2 6 . 6 2 6 . 8 . 6 1 1 8 2 8
5 3 3 7 5 5 7 5 5 3 3 7 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0

2 4 x 4 x 6 8 6 x 2 4 x 1 4 . 2 . 4 1 . 1 2 . 4 1 . 1 . 2 6 . 6 8 2 . 6 8 . 6 1 2
5 3 3 7 0 5 0 7 0 0 5 3 7 3 7 9 0 5 7 3 9 9 0 5 9 0

2 4 x 4 x 6 6 8 6 x 2 4 x 1 2 6 2 . 6 2 . 8 . 1 1 . 1 6 . 2 1 . 2 . 8 1 2 . 8 . 8 8 8 2 1
5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 0 3 3 9 7 5 7 9 0 5 9 0 9 0

x x 1 1 6 1 x x 2 8 1 1 . 1 1 . 4 1 . 8 1 8 . 4 1 . 4 1 6 . 4 . 6 1 . . 1 1 1 2 2
3 0 5 3 0 5 9 0 3 0 5 3 9 0 3 3 7 3 5 9 7 3 7 3 0 0 7 9 0

x x 6 1 x x 1 8 . . 1 1 . 1 4 . 1 2 . 6 1 6 . 6 . 1 2 2 . 6 . 6 4
3 0 5 3 0 5 9 0 0 3 0 5 7 9 9 5 3 0 7 3 0 0 3 5 5 0 9 9 0 0 5 7 0 0

x x 6 1 x x 1 4 4 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 1 1 1 . 8 1 . 1 6 . . 4 2 . 6 . 4 4 2 4 6
3 0 5 3 0 5 7 5 0 3 0 5 9 7 3 0 3 0 9 7 5 7 7 5 9 5 7 0 5 0

2 2 x x 6 1 x 2 2 x 1 4 6 . 2 . 2 8 . 1 . 1 2 2 . 1 1 2 . . 2 1 2 . . 6 1 4 2 2
9 3 0 5 7 0 0 9 0 9 9 3 0 3 0 5 3 7 5 3 5 7 7 7 0 5 0

2 2 x x 6 6 1 x 2 2 x 1 2 6 2 . 2 2 . 6 . 1 1 . 1 . 6 1 2 . . 8 4 2 . . 4 6 1
9 3 0 5 3 0 9 5 5 9 0 3 0 0 9 9 7 5 5 7 7 5 9 0 0 9 7 0

2 2 x x 6 1 x 2 2 x 1 1 6 . 2 2 8 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 2 . 6 . 6 2 . 4 . 8 6 2 1 2
9 3 0 5 5 7 0 9 3 5 5 3 0 3 7 7 3 7 0 7 7 5 7 0 7 0

2 2 x x 1 6 1 x 2 2 x 1 1 . 6 2 2 . 6 1 . 2 1 . 1 4 . 8 1 2 . . 6 2 8 . . 8 6 1 4 6
9 3 0 5 5 0 9 0 5 0 7 3 0 0 5 7 7 9 7 7 7 5 9 0 0

2 1 x 2 6 x 6 1 x 2 1 x 1 2 2 6 1 . 2 1 1 . 2 2 . 2 1 2 . 2 1 . 1 2 . 4 . 2 1 . 4 6 . 6 6 1 6 1 6
0 7 5 3 3 0 0 9 7 7 3 7 9 7 5 0 9 0

2 1 x 2 6 x x 2 1 x 1 4 . 2 1 . 8 2 6 . 1 1 . 6 1 8 . 8 1 2 . . 6 1 2 . 6 . 6 1 4 6 1 4
0 7 5 5 5 3 3 0 0 9 5 5 0 9 7 7 5 3 3 0 0 7 0

2 1 x 2 6 x 1 x 2 1 x 1 1 . 2 1 . 2 6 8 . 1 . 8 1 . 4 1 2 . 6 . 2 4 . 8 6 . 4 2 1
0 7 5 5 3 3 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 3 0 7 7 0 3 5 3 5 0 3 5 0

2 1 x 2 6 x 4 6 x 2 1 x 2 4 6 . 1 2 . 2 6 6 . 1 . 1 1 . 6 1 2 . 6 . 1 2 6 . 4 6 . 8 1 2
0 7 5 3 3 0 9 0 9 3 5 0 5 7 7 5 5 3 9 0 0 0

2 1 x 2 6 x 4 1 x 2 1 x 8 2 4 1 . 1 2 8 . 8 2 6 4 . 1 . 6 1 . 2 1 2 . . 1 2 . 6 . 1
0 7 5 3 3 0 0 9 3 7 7 9 7 5 7 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 4 x 1 1 x 8 4 . 2 1 2 . 8 2 . 1 1 . 4 1 . 6 1 . 2 4 . 2 2 . . 2 1 1
9 9 9 5 7 9 9 9 9 3 3 5 9 0 9 0 5 5 5 3 9 7 0 7 0

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 4 x 1 1 x 8 4 4 . 6 1 1 . 2 1 . 6 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 . 4 2 2 2 . 1 . 4 2 6 8 1
9 9 5 5 7 9 9 9 9 3 0 5 7 7 0 5 5 7 0 0 5 0

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 1 4 x 1 1 x 8 2 4 1 . 1 1 . 2 2 . . 1 6 . 1 . 2 . 8 2 . 2 . 4 2 4
9 9 5 7 9 0 9 3 9 9 9 9 0 0 5 9 3 5 7 7 0 9 3 5

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 x 1 1 x 4 . 1 1 . 4 2 2 8 . 4 . 1 4 . 1 . 2 6 . 2 . 4 . 8 2 2 2 8 6
9 9 3 7 5 7 9 7 3 7 9 0 9 0 5 0 5 7 5 5 3 0 3

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 4 x 1 1 x 6 . 6 1 8 . 2 2 6 . 6 8 . 1 2 . 1 . 2 . 4 8 2 6 . . 4 6 2 2 6
9 9 3 5 7 9 7 3 3 9 9 5 7 0 7 7 5 0 3 0 7

1 2 x 2 2 x 4 1 4 x 1 2 x 8 2 4 1 . 1 . 2 2 . 8 1 . 1 8 . 1 . 2 4 . 1 1 2 2 . 2 . 6 2 6 2
5 9 5 7 5 0 5 5 3 3 0 5 9 0 5 9 0 0 5 9

1 2 x 2 2 x 4 x 1 2 x 4 . 1 1 4 . 4 2 . . 6 1 . 1 . 2 4 . 4 2 4 . 1 . 8 8 2 2
5 9 3 7 5 7 5 7 3 7 5 3 0 9 9 7 0 0 5 5 3 3 0 5 3

1 2 x 2 2 x 4 4 x 1 2 x 6 . 6 1 . 8 2 2 8 . . 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 2 . 4 . 1 2 1 2 4 6
5 9 3 5 7 5 7 3 3 5 3 9 9 0 5 0 0 5 3 5 5 9 0 5

1 2 x 2 2 x 4 x 1 2 x 6 2 . 1 2 . 2 2 . 2 8 . 1 1 . 1 . 2 . 2 8 . . 8 4 1 8 8
5 9 3 0 5 7 5 0 9 9 5 9 7 3 3 0 5 7 5 0 5 0 3 9 7

1 2 x 2 2 x 2 6 4 x 1 2 x 2 2 6 . 2 1 2 . 4 2 2 4 . 8 . 6 1 . 1 . 2 6 . 2 . 6 6 . 4 1 6 2 2
5 9 5 7 5 5 5 7 0 9 0 9 9 9 0 7 0 3

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x 4 x 1 2 1 4 . 2 6 . 4 2 2 2 6 4 1 6 8 . 6 6 1 8 . 1 . 4 1 1 1 6 1
3 0 5 5 7 7 7 0 9 5 3 5 7 3 0 5 0 5 0 7 9 7 0 0 0 3 3

x 4 x 1 1 2 1 4 . 6 . 2 2 4 8 1 6 1 8 2 . 6 6 6 2 . 6 . 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 4
3 0 5 5 7 3 7 0 0 7 3 9 5 7 0 5 0 0 0 7 5 3 0 0 3

x 4 x 1 1 1 4 . 4 6 . 2 1 1 8 8 1 1 1 4 6 4 1 . 6 8 2 . 4 . 8 2 1 4 6 1 2 8
3 0 5 5 7 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 9 0 5 3 0 7 5 9 9 0

2 2 x 4 1 x 1 1 1 . 1 6 . 2 2 2 8 6 8 1 8 6 6 . 6 4 1 . . 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 4
9 9 3 3 7 0 7 7 3 7 3 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 7 5 0 0 5 7

2 2 x 4 1 x 1 . 1 6 . 6 1 6 8 1 1 2 4 4 8 . 6 6 2 . 8 . 4 8 1 1 2
9 9 9 7 3 0 9 3 0 9 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 3 0 5 3 3

2 2 x 4 1 x 8 8 1 . 2 . 1 2 6 4 4 2 6 1 1 6 4 2 1 . 6 2 . 2 . 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
9 9 3 5 9 0 7 0 7 0 0 7 5 3 0 7 5 3 0

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7 3 9 9 5 7 7 7 0 3 3 0 5 0 9 0 7 9 0 0 7 7 0 0 5

2 6 x 8 1 x 8 1 1 . . 8 1 2 8 6 4 4 . 6 4 1 . . 4 4 1 4 1 1
7 3 7 9 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 7 9 0 0 5 9 0 0 7 5 5 5 0 3 0

2 6 x 8 1 x 4 1 1 . . 4 1 4 8 1 2 6 8 6 2 4 . 6 2 2 . 6 . 4 6 . . 6
7 3 7 9 5 0 3 0 0 0 7 3 0 7 0 0 7 9 3 0 0 7 9 5 9 3

2 6 x 8 1 x 6 1 1 . . 1 1 8 4 4 1 8 1 8 6 2 8 . 6 2 4 . . 2 8 . 2 8 .
7 3 7 9 5 3 0 0 5 0 5 0 7 9 9 0 7 5 3 5 0 5 9 5 3

2 4 x 4 x 8 1 . . 1 4 6 4 2 8 2 6 4 6 . 6 2 4 1 . . 1 4 2 1 4 1 8
5 3 3 5 0 5 5 5 3 3 9 0 5 9 0 0 5 9 0 7 3 7 0 5 0

2 4 x 4 x 6 1 . . 4 6 1 2 4 1 2 2 4 . 6 2 1 . . 2 4 2 1 1 .
5 3 3 7 0 5 5 5 0 7 7 7 3 3 5 5 0 7 7 7 0 7 3 3 0 0 9 7 0

2 4 x 4 x 1 . . 1 1 8 8 2 4 6 1 1 . 6 1 . . 4 2 2 8 4 . 8 . 2
5 3 3 7 0 0 5 5 3 9 5 0 3 0 9 3 9 0 3 3 9 3 0 7 3 7 0 3 9

2 4 x 4 x 6 1 . 6 . 2 4 1 1 8 1 6 4 2 1 . 6 1 2 1 . . 4 2 8 . 1 .
5 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 3 5 7 3 3 7 0 5 9 0 7 0 0 9 0 5 7 9 7

x x 1 1 . 2 . 2 1 4 8 4 8 . 4 8 1 . 6 . 6 6 1 1 1 1 2
3 0 5 3 0 5 9 9 0 7 3 7 0 5 0 0 5 0 9 9 7 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 3 5

x x 8 . 1 . 1 2 1 6 2 . 4 8 1 . 8 . 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 1 4
3 0 5 3 0 5 9 0 9 7 0 7 3 5 0 3 7 3 7 5 7 5 7 0 5 3 0 7 0 7 0

x x 8 . 8 . 1 1 4 6 . 4 8 1 6 . . 6 6 6 2 6 1 .
3 0 5 3 0 5 7 5 3 7 0 0 5 0 3 0 7 3 0 5 5 3 9 9 0 3 3 0 9 0 0 0 9 5 0

2 2 x x . 2 . 1 2 1 6 2 6 . 6 1 1 . . 2 2 6 1 8 8 . 1
9 3 0 5 7 0 9 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 3 3 9 5 9 3 0 0 3 5 3 0 7 7 5 0 0 9

2 2 x x 6 . 1 4 . 1 2 1 2 1 2 6 8 . 6 1 1 . . 2 8 1 8 4 . 1 .
9 3 0 5 3 9 3 9 7 9 5 9 9 7 5 3 0 7 7 0 0 7 0 7 7 7 9 7

2 2 x x . 4 . 8 8 8 2 6 2 1 4 8 2 . 6 2 6 1 . . 1 1 4 . 2 .
9 3 0 5 5 7 9 3 3 7 5 5 0 9 3 5 0 9 0 0 7 3 0 0 5 5 7 7 0

2 2 x x 1 . 4 4 . 6 2 2 1 2 8 4 6 2 . 6 4 2 1 . . 6 1 8 8 . 6 4 . 4
9 3 0 5 5 9 0 7 7 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 7 3 0 0 3 5

2 1 x 2 6 x 6 1 8 . 1 4 . 6 2 1 1 6 4 4 6 2 . 6 1 . 8 . 1 1 6 6 8 . 2 .
0 7 5 7 7 7 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 9 0 9 7 7 7

2 1 x 2 6 x 8 . 1 4 4 . 6 6 2 2 6 1 4 4 1 2 1 8 . 6 1 . 4 . 2 1 1 2 6 . 2 6 . 4
0 7 5 5 0 9 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 7 0 0 3 9

2 1 x 2 6 x 1 8 . 1 2 4 . 6 2 1 2 8 1 2 . 6 6 1 6 . 6 . 2 2 1 . 6 4 .
0 7 5 5 7 5 0 0 9 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 5 5 0 5 3

2 1 x 2 6 x 4 6 8 . 1 4 4 . 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 8 . 6 1 1 8 . 2 . 2 4 . 8 8 .
0 7 5 5 9 3 9 3 3 3 7 0 3 0 7 7 3 7 3 7 5 7

2 1 x 2 6 x 4 1 8 . 2 1 4 . 8 2 1 6 . 1 2 1 . 6 4 2 . 8 . 6 2 . 8 2 .
0 7 3 5 3 7 9 9 3 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 3 0 5 5 5 5 3

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 6 . 8 8 4 . 6 1 6 1 2 2 2 6 1 8 . 1 2 . . 8 6 . 6 6 2 . 6
9 9 9 3 3 5 3 7 9 9 0 5 7 3 9 0 7 0 5 3 5 0

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 6 . 8 4 . 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 6 1 6 . 6 1 4 . 1 . 6 6 2 8 4 . 6 .
9 9 5 7 9 9 5 0 9 9 9 0 5 7 0 7 0 5 3 5 9

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 1 6 . 8 8 4 . 2 4 2 1 4 1 . 8 2 1 2 . 8 1 . 4 . 8 4 4 4 . 6 2 . 2
9 9 3 5 9 7 5 0 5 0 5 3 5 0 7 0 9 3 5

1 1 x 2 2 x 6 . 8 6 4 . 2 4 1 1 2 8 . 8 2 2 1 6 . 8 1 6 . . 6 2 . 4 .
9 9 3 7 0 3 7 7 5 3 0 5 3 9 0 7 0 9 3 5 5 9 7 3

1 1 x 2 2 x 4 6 . 4 . 1 2 2 1 1 8 6 . 2 1 1 . 1 8 . . 1 2 8 1 8 . 6 4 2 .
9 9 3 9 0 3 7 7 5 0 9 9 0 5 9 7 9 0 7 3 0 7

1 2 x 2 2 x 4 1 . . 4 6 1 6 . 2 6 1 2 . 6 4 1 . . 4 4 4 4 . 6 2 .
5 9 7 0 5 3 3 7 3 5 0 7 3 7 0 0 3 3 7 0 7 0 5 3 5 3

1 2 x 2 2 x . . 1 6 . 8 2 4 2 1 . 6 1 . 1 . 4 2 6 . 4 . 2
5 9 3 7 7 0 3 3 3 3 3 9 7 3 5 7 0 7 0 3 7 5 0 7 3 9 3 3 0 7

1 2 x 2 2 x 4 . 4 . 2 1 2 . 2 2 . . 6 4 6 1 6 . 8 . 4 2 . 8 4 2 . 8
5 9 3 7 0 3 7 3 5 9 5 5 9 3 3 9 3 3 0 0 7 5 3 0 5 3

1 2 x 2 2 x . 2 . 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 . 1 8 1 . . 6 4 1 8 . . 4 6 2 1 1 6 . 8 . 1
5 9 3 0 7 0 3 3 3 5 0 9 9 5 0 9 7 0 7 7 9 3

1 2 x 2 2 x 2 6 . 8 . 1 1 2 6 1 2 4 2 . 1 8 6 6 . . 6 1 2 1 . . 1 6 1 1 . .
5 9 7 0 3 7 0 3 3 7 0 7 9 0 7 5 3 0 7 3 3 3

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x 2 0 3 x 3 0 6 x x 3 2 0 6 3 6 0 0 2 6 2 6 0 3
1 7 8 7 4 1 7 8 7 4 7 . 1 1 7 9 . 5 . 9 . 5 1 . 1 . 5 . 1 1 . 7 4 . 7 1 7 4 7 7

x 2 0 3 x 3 0 6 x x 6 3 3 6 2 0 6 3 0 2 6 2 2 3 2 3 0 6 2
1 7 8 4 4 1 7 8 7 . 1 7 8 . 8 4 . 8 . 8 1 4 . 1 . . 5 . 4 . 7 1 5 7 8

x 2 0 3 x 3 0 0 6 x x 6 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 6 2 6 0 0 6 0 2
1 7 8 4 1 7 8 . 1 7 7 . 9 . 1 7 . 9 1 . 8 1 . . 9 5 5 . 7 4 . 4 1 4

x 2 0 3 x 2 0 6 x x 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 3 2 0
1 7 8 7 4 1 7 8 5 4 7 . 1 1 7 7 . 7 1 . 7 . 7 1 . 9 1 . 8 . 1 5 . 1 4 . 8 1 9 5 1 1

0 x 2 0 3 x 2 3 0 6 x 0 x 6 2 3 0 2 2 2 0 6 2 0 2 6 3 2 6 0 2 2 0 2 6
1 4 4 1 4 4 . 1 4 . 1 . 5 . 8 1 1 . 1 . . 5 9 . 5 . 1 1 9

0 x 2 0 3 x 2 0 0 6 x 0 x 3 6 6 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 0
1 4 4 1 4 9 1 9 . 5 1 4 1 . 8 1 9 8 . 9 . 4 8 . 1 . 8 . 4 1 . 1 5 . 9 7 9 5

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x x 3 3 6 x x 6 3 3 3 2 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
1 7 1 1 7 8 4 5 1 7 1 7 . 5 1 7 . 1 8 1 . 9 . 1 1 5 . 7 1 . 5 . 5 . 4 . 1 1 5 8 1

x x 2 3 6 x x 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 6 6 2 2 2 3 6
1 7 1 1 7 8 9 5 1 7 1 5 7 8 . 5 1 7 . 1 7 8 . 9 8 . 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 . 9 7 9 8 5 5 4

x x 2 6 3 6 x x 2 0 2 6 2 0 3 2
1 7 1 1 7 8 5 1 7 1 5 1 5 . 5 1 7 1 . 5 1 7 7 . 4 7 . 4 1 1 . 5 1 . 7 . 4 4 . . 9 4 8 8 4 8 4

x x 2 3 3 6 x x 2 2 6 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 6
1 7 1 1 7 8 5 1 7 1 4 5 . 5 1 7 1 . 1 1 7 5 . 7 . 9 . 7 1 . 8 . 8 5 . 1 4 . 5 7 9 8 4

2 x x 2 0 3 6 x 2 x 3 2 6 0 6 6 6 6 0 0 2 2 6 3 2
1 7 1 7 8 5 1 7 9 1 9 . 5 1 . 1 7 . . 1 . 7 1 . 5 . 8 9 . 8 4 . 4 7 8 1 7 9

2 x x 3 6 x 2 x 3 3 6 2 6 0 0 2 3 2 6 6 2 6 0
1 7 1 7 8 1 7 5 1 7 1 . 5 1 5 . 4 1 7 4 . 4 . 8 . 5 1 . 7 . 8 9 . 1 4 . 5 1 4

6 x 2 x 2 3 0 x 6 x 2 0 6 6 3 6 0 6 3 2 6 2 3
1 5 1 5 7 5 1 5 5 4 7 . 1 . 9 1 5 5 . 1 7 . 9 1 . 7 8 . 9 . 9 1 9 . . 1 4 5 1

6 x 2 x 2 3 3 0 x 6 x 6 2 3 6 3 2 6 0 2 2 2 3 0 3 6
1 5 1 5 5 1 5 4 . 1 1 5 . 7 1 5 . . 7 1 1 . 8 8 . 9 7 . . 9 . 7 5 4 4 8

6 x 2 x 2 0 3 0 x 6 x 0 2 0 6 0 6 6 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 6 3 2
1 5 1 5 5 1 5 4 . 1 1 5 . 1 5 1 . . 1 . 8 . 9 8 . 9 5 . . 4 8 8

2 x 2 x 2 3 0 x 2 x 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 6 6 2 2 3
1 7 1 5 4 5 1 7 4 8 4 . 1 5 . 1 5 5 . 4 9 . 1 4 . 8 . 9 4 . 4 7 1 7 . . 9 4 1

2 x 2 x 2 3 0 x 2 x 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 2 2 3 3
1 7 1 5 1 5 1 7 4 1 . 1 4 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 1 . 1 8 . 9 5 . 1 4 1 9 . . 8 7 5 7 1 9 4

2 x 2 x 3 0 x 2 x 3 2 3 2 0 2 3 0 6
1 7 1 5 1 9 5 1 7 7 1 8 . 5 1 . 4 1 5 . 1 7 . 1 1 . 7 8 . 9 5 . 7 7 1 . 4 . 7 8 5 1 1 8

0 2 x 2 x 3 0 x 0 2 x 3 3 6 0 2 6 3 6 6 0 6 2 3 0
1 1 5 1 7 5 1 1 . 4 1 . 4 1 5 . . 1 . 8 7 . 4 . 7 4 . 7 4 . 1 4 4 8 7 9 7 .

0 2 x 2 x 3 0 x 0 2 x 2 0 3 6 0 6 2 2 0 2 0
1 1 5 1 4 5 1 8 1 4 . 1 1 1 . 8 1 5 4 . . 8 . 8 7 . 5 . 7 8 5 . 7 4 . 4 7 7 . 7

0 2 x 2 x 3 3 0 x 0 2 x 2 2 0 6 2 0 6 2 6 2 6 3 3 3 6
1 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 . 4 1 1 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 8 7 . 7 . 7 . . 4 . 4 7 7 1 . 5

6 x 2 x 2 2 2 x 6 x 3 2 3 2 2 2 6 0 0 2 6 3 3 3 3
1 4 1 7 5 4 1 4 4 1 . 5 1 4 7 . 1 9 . 7 7 . 1 . 7 7 . 5 . 8 1 8 . . 4 4 9

6 x 2 x 2 x 6 x 3 6 2 6 3 0 6 6 2 2 0 3 2 2 2 2
1 4 1 7 1 9 5 4 1 4 7 1 8 . 5 1 4 . 4 1 7 . 9 . 1 . 9 7 . . 7 . . 5 5 9 8 5

6 x 2 x 6 2 x 6 x 3 6 6 2 6 6 0 6 6 2 0 2 6 6 2 2 2
1 4 1 7 1 5 4 1 4 1 1 5 . 1 4 . 1 1 5 . . 8 . 7 . 8 . 4 9 . 9 . 5 9 4

0 2 x 2 x 2 x 0 2 x 2 2 0 2 2 3 0 6 3 0 0 6 2 0 3 2 2 3
1 1 7 1 4 5 4 1 8 1 4 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 7 . 5 . 1 1 . 7 . 4 7 7 8 9 .

0 2 x 2 x 3 2 x 0 2 x 2 2 6 0 2 6 0 6 6 0 2 3 3 2 2 0 3
1 1 7 1 5 4 1 5 1 . 1 1 . 9 1 8 . 5 . 8 . 4 7 . . 7 1 . 4 . 5 7 4 .

0 2 x 2 x 2 x 0 2 x 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 6 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 3
1 1 7 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 9 5 . 7 . 8 7 . 7 . 4 7 . . 4 5 5 9 . 7

3 3 x 0 2 x 2 0 3 x 3 3 x 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 2 2
1 1 1 5 1 1 5 . 1 . 9 1 . . 4 9 . 7 . . 9 7 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 5 4 1 9

3 3 x 0 2 x 3 2 0 3 x 3 3 x 2 2 3 3 2 0 6 2 0 3
1 1 1 1 5 1 . 5 1 . 1 1 . 5 5 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 . 5 4 1 7 . 8 . 1 1 1 1 5 4

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x 2 0 3 x 3 0 0 3 0 9 9 3 3 0 3 0 9 3 0 3 2
1 7 8 7 6 . 6 4 . 4 6 5 1 8 6 . 1 1 4 1 . 5 5 6 1 . 8 . 6 6 5 1 . 4 4 7 .

x 2 0 3 x 3 0 3 9 9 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 9 2 2 2 3 2
1 7 8 4 6 . 7 . 1 7 6 . 1 7 7 1 1 8 . 5 6 1 1 5 . . 6 8 6 . 1 4 . 8

x 2 0 3 x 3 0 0 3 9 3 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 9 9 3 3
1 7 8 6 . 4 . 7 1 8 . 6 7 . 6 1 5 7 1 5 . 5 6 1 1 6 . . 6 1 8 6 1 6 . 7 8 .

x 2 0 3 x 2 3 3 2 0 9 0 9 0 0 3
1 7 8 7 6 . 1 . 8 5 6 8 8 4 . 6 5 7 . 5 1 5 8 . 1 . 5 8 8 1 . 1 . 7 5 1 4 6 1 1 . 6 4 . 5

0 x 2 0 3 x 2 3 9 3 0 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 9 0 3 3 9 0 0 9 3 9 2 9 3
1 4 6 . 1 . 4 7 4 . 7 . 8 1 5 . 1 . 6 1 . 5 . 7 4 . 7 . 5 1 .

0 x 2 0 3 x 2 0 2 2 2 2 9 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 2
1 4 6 . 8 . 8 7 1 8 4 6 7 . 8 . 1 1 4 5 . 4 . 6 6 8 . 7 . 7 5 6 6 . 5 . 5 4 . 8

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x x 3 2 0 3 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 9 2 2
1 7 1 1 7 8 4 5 . . 8 8 8 1 . 5 7 8 . 6 1 4 5 1 1 . 5 1 . . 6 7 4 7 . 8 4 . 7

x x 2 9 2 3 9 2 0 9 2 9 9 0 0 3 3
1 7 1 1 7 8 5 . 1 . 1 4 8 7 . 6 4 . 4 1 5 . 4 . 5 1 4 1 4 . 4 . 6 7 6 1 5 4 1 6 . 7 6 .

x x 2 2 3 2 2 3 9 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 9 3 2
1 7 1 1 7 8 6 5 . 1 . 8 6 4 6 . 5 6 . 5 1 1 8 7 . 1 . 5 1 6 . . 6 7 7 1 1 1 1 . . 4

x x 2 3 2 3 9 9 0 3 3 0 0 3 9 2 9 2 2
1 7 1 1 7 8 5 . 8 . 7 6 1 7 5 . 1 4 7 . 4 1 4 7 . . 5 4 5 1 8 . 4 . 6 8 7 . 7 . 8 . 7

2 x x 2 0 2 0 2 9 0 3 2 0 3 9 2 9
1 7 1 7 8 5 . 4 1 . 6 8 1 6 4 5 5 . 8 . 4 8 . 1 4 4 . 5 . 6 1 7 . 6 . 7 5 7 . 1 7 . 5 5 4 .

2 x x 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 2
1 7 1 7 8 1 7 5 . 4 5 . 5 8 1 7 4 8 . 6 . 8 7 . 5 . 1 . 6 5 4 1 . 1 . 7 4 6 8 . 4 . 4 1 . 1

x 2 x 2 3 2 3 9 3 2 0 0 2 2 3 9 2 9 9 0 3 9 0 3 2 3
1 6 5 1 5 7 4 . . 5 . 6 . 7 . 7 . 8 . 8 1 1 . 8 . 6 6 1 8 1 7 . 4 4 . 4

x 2 x 2 3 2 3 9 3 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 9
1 6 5 1 5 4 . 7 . 1 1 7 4 4 . 7 5 4 . 1 7 7 . 8 . 8 . 8 1 . 6 . 6 6 7 8 . 6 1 1 . 1 . 4

x 2 x 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 9 0 3 9 3 0 3 2 0 3 2
1 6 5 1 5 4 . 7 . 8 6 1 5 5 8 . 6 4 6 . 6 7 . 7 7 . . 1 5 . 5 . 6 8 5 . 7 . 7 5 . 7

2 x 2 x 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 3 0
1 7 1 5 4 4 . 6 5 . 7 4 1 6 8 5 7 . 1 6 . 8 1 5 8 . . 6 1 1 . 7 . 7 1 4 1 4 1 5 . . 6

2 x 2 x 2 3 2 0 9 9 3 3 9 9 2 0 0 3 2 0 9 2 0 2
1 7 1 5 1 4 . 6 . 7 1 4 8 4 . 1 . 8 8 . 4 . . 6 6 1 . . 7 1 6 6 . 1 . 6 6 . 7

2 x 2 x 9 2 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 9 0 3 2 3
1 7 1 5 1 4 . 6 1 . 6 7 1 4 . 8 7 . 7 8 . 4 . 7 . 6 6 1 4 . . 7 1 8 4 7 . 4 7 . 8 . 6

0 2 x 2 x 2 2 2 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 2 0 9
1 1 5 1 7 4 . 8 . 1 5 1 1 8 4 . 1 . 7 5 . 8 . . 6 5 6 1 5 . 8 . 7 4 6 . 8 6 . 1 .

0 2 x 2 x 2 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 3 0 9
1 1 5 1 4 4 . 8 4 . 8 1 7 . 4 1 5 . 6 7 . 4 4 . . 6 7 1 8 . 7 . 7 5 6 5 . . 7 1 7 .

0 2 x 2 x 3 9 0 3 2 3 9 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 9
1 1 5 1 4 . 8 8 1 . 7 8 5 . 4 . 8 1 . 1 6 . 4 1 . 4 . 7 1 . 7 . 7 6 6 . 4 . 1 5 . 8

x 2 x 2 2 3 3 2 3 0 3 3 2 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 3 9 9 2
1 4 6 1 7 . 5 4 . 5 1 . 4 6 . 5 . 6 7 . 5 . 1 5 1 . 6 . 6 1 6 4 . 1 1 . 7 . 4

x 2 x 9 3 2 3 2 3 9 0 0 9 0 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 3
1 4 6 1 7 1 . 5 . 4 8 1 1 5 8 . 5 . 5 . 7 5 . 7 . 1 . . 6 1 6 4 1 . 7 . 6 7 . 6

x 2 x 3 3 3 9 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 2 9
1 4 6 1 7 1 6 . 6 1 . 6 7 . 4 6 . . 6 4 6 . 1 4 7 . 1 . 7 6 1 4 . 8 . 6 4 . 5 4 . 8 1 . 8

0 2 x 2 x 3 9 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0
1 1 7 1 4 . . 8 5 . 5 8 . 1 7 . 5 5 . 5 7 . 4 . 6 8 1 . 7 . 7 1 . 4 . 7 8 1 8 .

0 2 x 2 x 3 3 9 2 3 2 2 9 2 3 0 0 2 9 0 2 9 3 2 0
1 1 7 1 . 5 . 1 5 7 5 . 6 . 1 4 . 6 4 6 . . . 6 1 5 . 7 . 7 7 1 5 . . 1 1 6 .

0 2 x 2 x 3 9 9 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0
1 1 7 1 1 . . 6 6 4 . 5 4 . 1 1 1 . 7 4 . 4 1 8 . 6 . 6 5 5 1 8 . . 7 5 1 . . 7 1 4 .

3 3 x 0 2 x 2 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 9 2 9
1 1 1 5 . 8 4 . 1 7 7 . 1 1 8 . 8 8 . 7 . 5 4 4 . 1 1 . 7 . 5 6 1 . 7 5 . 1 5 1 . 1

3 3 x 0 2 x 3 2 3 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 0 2 2 2 9 0
1 1 1 . 8 6 . 1 6 . 4 1 6 . . 1 8 . 7 5 . 5 1 . 8 . 5 7 1 . 6 . 8 1 6 .

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5 0 8 . 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 9 4 2 4 7 3 1 . 8 7 4 9 0 0 1 7 . 4 2 9 5 0 3 8 7 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 1 . 6 0 8 . 2 5

5 0 8 . 0 2 0 . 0 ~ 2 4 1 3 0 7 2 5 . 4 9 1 4 0 0 1 7 . 3 3 6 0 0 4 7 7 0 1 8 3 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 1 . 6 0 6 . 6 4

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4 0 x 4 0 3 . 0 ~ 3 . 4 1 4 . 3 4 1 0 . 3 9 . 7 8 1 . 5 0 4 . 8 9 5 . 9 7 1 5 . 7 7 . 1 0 0 . 1 5 2 4 4 . 6

4 0 x 4 0 3 . 2 ~ 3 . 6 1 4 . 6 0 9 . 5 0 1 0 . 2 1 . 4 9 5 . 1 1 6 . 2 8 1 6 . 5 7 . 4 2 0 . 1 5 2 4 2 . 1

4 0 x 4 0 4 . 0 4 . 3 9 5 . 5 9 7 . 0 0 1 1 . 8 1 . 4 5 5 . 9 1 7 . 4 4 1 9 . 5 8 . 5 4 0 . 1 5 0 3 4 . 2

4 0 x 4 0 5 . 0 ~ 5 . 2 8 6 . 7 3 5 . 0 0 1 3 . 4 1 . 4 1 6 . 6 8 8 . 6 6 2 2 . 5 9 . 6 0 0 . 1 4 7 2 7 . 8

5 0 x 5 0 3 . 0 ~ 4 . 3 5 5 . 5 4 1 3 . 7 2 0 . 2 1 . 9 1 8 . 0 8 9 . 7 0 3 2 . 1 1 1 . 8 0 . 1 9 2 4 4 . 1

5 0 x 5 0 3 . 2 ~ 4 . 6 2 5 . 8 8 1 2 . 6 2 1 . 2 1 . 9 0 8 . 4 9 1 0 . 2 3 3 . 8 1 2 . 4 0 . 1 9 2 4 1 . 6

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5 0 x 5 0 4 . 0 5 . 6 4 7 . 1 9 9 . 5 0 2 5 . 0 1 . 8 6 9 . 9 9 1 2 . 3 4 0 . 4 1 4 . 5 0 . 1 9 0 3 3 . 7

5 0 x 5 0 5 . 0 6 . 8 5 8 . 7 3 7 . 0 0 2 8 . 9 1 . 8 2 1 1 . 6 1 4 . 5 4 7 . 6 1 6 . 7 0 . 1 8 7 2 7 . 3

5 0 x 5 0 6 . 3 ~ 8 . 3 1 1 0 . 6 4 . 9 4 3 2 . 8 1 . 7 6 1 3 . 1 1 7 . 0 5 5 . 2 1 8 . 8 0 . 1 8 4 2 2 . 1

6 0 x 6 0 3 . 0 ~ 5 . 2 9 6 . 7 4 1 7 . 0 3 6 . 2 2 . 3 2 1 2 . 1 1 4 . 3 5 6 . 9 1 7 . 7 0 . 2 3 2 4 3 . 9

6 0 x 6 0 3 . 2 ~ 5 . 6 2 7 . 1 6 1 5 . 8 3 8 . 2 2 . 3 1 1 2 . 7 1 5 . 2 6 0 . 2 1 8 . 6 0 . 2 3 2 4 1 . 3

6 0 x 6 0 4 . 0 ~ 6 . 9 0 8 . 7 9 1 2 . 0 4 5 . 4 2 . 2 7 1 5 . 1 1 8 . 3 7 2 . 5 2 2 . 0 0 . 2 3 0 3 3 . 3

6 0 x 6 0 5 . 0 8 . 4 2 1 0 . 7 9 . 0 0 5 3 . 3 2 . 2 3 1 7 . 8 2 1 . 9 8 6 . 4 2 5 . 7 0 . 2 2 7 2 7 . 0

6 0 x 6 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 0 . 3 1 3 . 1 6 . 5 2 6 1 . 6 2 . 1 7 2 0 . 5 2 6 . 0 1 0 2 2 9 . 6 0 . 2 2 4 2 1 . 7

6 0 x 6 0 8 . 0 ~ 1 2 . 5 1 6 . 0 4 . 5 0 6 9 . 7 2 . 0 9 2 3 . 2 3 0 . 4 1 1 8 3 3 . 4 0 . 2 1 9 1 7 . 5

7 0 x 7 0 3 . 6 ~ 7 . 4 0 9 . 4 2 1 6 . 4 6 8 . 6 2 . 7 0 1 9 . 6 2 3 . 3 1 0 8 2 8 . 7 0 . 2 7 1 3 6 . 6

7 0 x 7 0 5 . 0 ~ 9 . 9 9 1 2 . 7 1 1 . 0 8 8 . 5 2 . 6 4 2 5 . 3 3 0 . 8 1 4 2 3 6 . 8 0 . 2 6 7 2 6 . 7

7 0 x 7 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 2 . 3 1 5 . 6 8 . 1 1 1 0 4 2 . 5 8 2 9 . 7 3 6 . 9 1 6 9 4 2 . 9 0 . 2 6 4 2 1 . 5

7 0 x 7 0 8 . 0 ~ 1 5 . 0 1 9 . 2 5 . 7 5 1 2 0 2 . 5 0 3 4 . 2 4 3 . 8 2 0 0 4 9 . 2 0 . 2 5 9 1 7 . 3

8 0 x 8 0 3 . 6 ~ 8 . 5 3 1 0 . 9 1 9 . 2 1 0 5 3 . 1 1 2 6 . 2 3 1 . 0 1 6 4 3 8 . 5 0 . 3 1 1 3 6 . 5

8 0 x 8 0 4 . 0 ~ 9 . 4 1 1 2 . 0 1 7 . 0 1 1 4 3 . 0 9 2 8 . 6 3 4 . 0 1 8 0 4 1 . 9 0 . 3 1 0 3 2 . 9

8 0 x 8 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 1 . 6 1 4 . 7 1 3 . 0 1 3 7 3 . 0 5 3 4 . 2 4 1 . 1 2 1 7 4 9 . 8 0 . 3 0 7 2 6 . 6

8 0 x 8 0 6 . 3 1 4 . 2 1 8 . 1 9 . 7 0 1 6 2 2 . 9 9 4 0 . 5 4 9 . 7 2 6 2 5 8 . 7 0 . 3 0 4 2 1 . 4

8 0 x 8 0 8 . 0 ~ 1 7 . 5 2 2 . 4 7 . 0 0 1 8 9 2 . 9 1 4 7 . 3 5 9 . 5 3 1 2 6 8 . 3 0 . 2 9 9 1 7 . 1

9 0 x 9 0 3 . 6 ~ 9 . 6 6 1 2 . 3 2 2 . 0 1 5 2 3 . 5 2 3 3 . 8 3 9 . 7 2 3 7 4 9 . 7 0 . 3 5 1 3 6 . 3

9 0 x 9 0 4 . 0 ~ 1 0 . 7 1 3 . 6 1 9 . 5 1 6 6 3 . 5 0 3 7 . 0 4 3 . 6 2 6 0 5 4 . 2 0 . 3 5 0 3 2 . 7

9 0 x 9 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 3 . 1 1 6 . 7 1 5 . 0 2 0 0 3 . 4 5 4 4 . 4 5 3 . 0 3 1 6 6 4 . 8 0 . 3 4 7 2 6 . 5

9 0 x 9 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 6 . 2 2 0 . 7 1 1 . 3 2 3 8 3 . 4 0 5 3 . 0 6 4 . 3 3 8 2 7 7 . 0 0 . 3 4 4 2 1 . 2

9 0 x 9 0 8 . 0 ~ 2 0 . 1 2 5 . 6 8 . 2 5 2 8 1 3 . 3 2 6 2 . 6 7 7 . 6 4 5 9 9 0 . 5 0 . 3 3 9 1 6 . 9

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 4 . 0 1 1 . 9 1 5 . 2 2 2 . 0 2 3 2 3 . 9 1 4 6 . 4 5 4 . 4 3 6 1 6 8 . 2 0 . 3 9 0 3 2 . 8

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 5 . 0 1 4 . 7 1 8 . 7 1 7 . 0 2 7 9 3 . 8 6 5 5 . 9 6 6 . 4 4 3 9 8 1 . 8 0 . 3 8 7 2 6 . 3

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 6 . 3 1 8 . 2 2 3 . 2 1 2 . 9 3 3 6 3 . 8 0 6 7 . 1 8 0 . 9 5 3 4 9 7 . 8 0 . 3 8 4 2 1 . 1

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 2 2 . 6 2 8 . 8 9 . 5 0 4 0 0 3 . 7 3 7 9 . 9 9 8 . 2 6 4 6 1 1 6 0 . 3 7 9 1 6 . 8

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 . 0 2 7 . 4 3 4 . 9 7 . 0 0 4 6 2 3 . 6 4 9 2 . 4 1 1 6 7 6 1 1 3 3 0 . 3 7 4 1 3 . 6

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 7 . 8 2 2 . 7 2 1 . 0 4 9 8 4 . 6 8 8 3 . 0 9 7 . 6 7 7 7 1 2 2 0 . 4 6 7 2 6 . 2

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 6 . 3 2 2 . 2 2 8 . 2 1 6 . 0 6 0 3 4 . 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 5 0 1 4 7 0 . 4 6 4 2 0 . 9

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 8 . 0 ~ 2 7 . 6 3 5 . 2 1 2 . 0 7 2 6 4 . 5 5 1 2 1 1 4 7 1 1 6 0 1 7 6 0 . 4 5 9 1 6 . 6

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 3 3 . 7 4 2 . 9 9 . 0 0 8 5 2 4 . 4 6 1 4 2 1 7 5 1 3 8 0 2 0 6 0 . 4 5 4 1 3 . 5

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 4 0 . 9 5 2 . 1 6 . 6 0 9 8 2 4 . 3 4 1 6 4 2 0 7 1 6 2 0 2 3 6 0 . 4 4 8 1 1 . 0

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1 4 0 x 1 4 0 5 . 0 ~ 2 1 . 0 2 6 . 7 2 5 . 0 8 0 7 5 . 5 0 1 1 5 1 3 5 1 2 5 0 1 7 0 0 . 5 4 7 2 6 . 0

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 6 . 3 ~ 2 6 . 1 3 3 . 3 1 9 . 2 9 8 4 5 . 4 4 1 4 1 1 6 6 1 5 4 0 2 0 6 0 . 5 4 4 2 0 . 8

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 8 . 0 ~ 3 2 . 6 4 1 . 6 1 4 . 5 1 2 0 0 5 . 3 6 1 7 1 2 0 4 1 8 9 0 2 4 9 0 . 5 3 9 1 6 . 5

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 4 0 . 0 5 0 . 9 1 1 . 0 1 4 2 0 5 . 2 7 2 0 2 2 4 6 2 2 7 0 2 9 4 0 . 5 3 4 1 3 . 4

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 4 8 . 7 6 2 . 1 8 . 2 0 1 6 5 0 5 . 1 6 2 3 6 2 9 3 2 7 0 0 3 4 2 0 . 5 2 8 1 0 . 8

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 5 . 0 ~ 2 2 . 6 2 8 . 7 2 7 . 0 1 0 0 0 5 . 9 0 1 3 4 1 5 6 1 5 5 0 1 9 7 0 . 5 8 7 2 6 . 0

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1 5 0 x 1 5 0 6 . 3 2 8 . 1 3 5 . 8 2 0 . 8 1 2 2 0 5 . 8 5 1 6 3 1 9 2 1 9 1 0 2 4 0 0 . 5 8 4 2 0 . 8

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 3 5 . 1 4 4 . 8 1 5 . 8 1 4 9 0 5 . 7 7 1 9 9 2 3 7 2 3 5 0 2 9 1 0 . 5 7 9 1 6 . 5

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 0 . 0 4 3 . 1 5 4 . 9 1 2 . 0 1 7 7 0 5 . 6 8 2 3 6 2 8 6 2 8 3 0 3 4 4 0 . 5 7 4 1 3 . 3

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 5 2 . 7 6 7 . 1 9 . 0 0 2 0 8 0 5 . 5 7 2 7 7 3 4 2 3 3 7 0 4 0 2 0 . 5 6 8 1 0 . 8

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 6 5 . 2 8 3 . 0 6 . 3 8 2 4 3 0 5 . 4 1 3 2 4 4 1 1 4 0 3 0 4 6 7 0 . 5 5 9 8 . 5 7

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 5 . 0 ~ 2 4 . 1 3 0 . 7 2 9 . 0 1 2 3 0 6 . 3 1 1 5 3 1 7 8 1 8 9 0 2 2 6 0 . 6 2 7 2 6 . 0

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 6 . 3 ~ 3 0 . 1 3 8 . 3 2 2 . 4 1 5 0 0 6 . 2 6 1 8 7 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 2 7 5 0 . 6 2 4 2 0 . 7

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 8 . 0 ~ 3 7 . 6 4 8 . 0 1 7 . 0 1 8 3 0 6 . 1 8 2 2 9 2 7 2 2 8 8 0 3 3 5 0 . 6 1 9 1 6 . 5

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 4 6 . 3 5 8 . 9 1 3 . 0 2 1 9 0 6 . 0 9 2 7 3 3 2 9 3 4 8 0 3 9 8 0 . 6 1 4 1 3 . 3

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 5 6 . 6 7 2 . 1 9 . 8 0 2 5 8 0 5 . 9 8 3 2 2 3 9 5 4 1 6 0 4 6 7 0 . 6 0 8 1 0 . 7

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 6 . 3 ~ 3 4 . 0 4 3 . 3 2 5 . 6 2 1 7 0 7 . 0 7 2 4 1 2 8 1 3 3 6 0 3 5 5 0 . 7 0 4 2 0 . 7

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 8 . 0 ~ 4 2 . 7 5 4 . 4 1 9 . 5 2 6 6 0 7 . 0 0 2 9 6 3 4 9 4 1 6 0 4 3 4 0 . 6 9 9 1 6 . 4

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 5 2 . 5 6 6 . 9 1 5 . 0 3 1 9 0 6 . 9 1 3 5 5 4 2 4 5 0 5 0 5 1 8 0 . 6 9 4 1 3 . 2

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 6 4 . 4 8 2 . 1 1 1 . 4 3 7 9 0 6 . 8 0 4 2 1 5 1 1 6 0 7 0 6 1 3 0 . 6 8 8 1 0 . 7

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 8 0 . 2 1 0 2 8 . 2 5 4 5 0 0 6 . 6 4 5 0 0 6 2 1 7 3 4 0 7 2 4 0 . 6 7 9 8 . 4 7

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 5 . 0 ~ 3 0 . 4 3 8 . 7 3 7 . 0 2 4 5 0 7 . 9 5 2 4 5 2 8 3 3 7 6 0 3 6 2 0 . 7 8 7 2 5 . 9

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 6 . 3 ~ 3 8 . 0 4 8 . 4 2 8 . 7 3 0 1 0 7 . 8 9 3 0 1 3 5 0 4 6 5 0 4 4 4 0 . 7 8 4 2 0 . 6

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 4 7 . 7 6 0 . 8 2 2 . 0 3 7 1 0 7 . 8 1 3 7 1 4 3 6 5 7 8 0 5 4 5 0 . 7 7 9 1 6 . 3

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 0 . 0 5 8 . 8 7 4 . 9 1 7 . 0 4 4 7 0 7 . 7 2 4 4 7 5 3 1 7 0 3 0 6 5 5 0 . 7 7 4 1 3 . 2

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 7 2 . 3 9 2 . 1 1 3 . 0 5 3 4 0 7 . 6 1 5 3 4 6 4 3 8 4 9 0 7 7 8 0 . 7 6 8 1 0 . 6

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 9 0 . 3 1 1 5 9 . 5 0 6 3 9 0 7 . 4 6 6 3 9 7 8 5 1 0 3 0 0 9 2 7 0 . 7 5 9 8 . 4 1

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 6 . 3 ~ 4 7 . 9 6 1 . 0 3 6 . 7 6 0 1 0 9 . 9 3 4 8 1 5 5 6 9 2 4 0 7 1 2 0 . 9 8 4 2 0 . 5

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 6 0 . 3 7 6 . 8 2 8 . 3 7 4 6 0 9 . 8 6 5 9 6 6 9 4 1 1 5 0 0 8 8 0 0 . 9 7 9 1 6 . 2

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 7 4 . 5 9 4 . 9 2 2 . 0 9 0 6 0 9 . 7 7 7 2 4 8 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 . 9 7 4 1 3 . 1

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 9 1 . 9 1 1 7 1 7 . 0 1 0 9 0 0 9 . 6 6 8 7 3 1 0 4 0 1 7 2 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 . 9 6 8 1 0 . 5

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 1 5 1 4 7 1 2 . 6 1 3 3 0 0 9 . 5 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 8 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 . 9 5 9 8 . 3 1

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 6 . 3 ~ 5 7 . 8 7 3 . 6 4 4 . 6 1 0 5 0 0 1 2 . 0 7 0 3 8 0 9 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 . 1 8 2 0 . 4

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 7 2 . 8 9 2 . 8 3 4 . 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 . 9 8 7 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 9 0 1 . 1 8 1 6 . 2

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 9 0 . 2 1 1 5 2 7 . 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 . 8 1 0 7 0 1 2 5 0 2 4 8 0 0 1 5 8 0 1 . 1 7 1 3 . 0

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 1 . 0 1 9 4 0 0 1 1 . 7 1 3 0 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 . 1 7 1 0 . 5

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 4 1 1 7 9 1 5 . 8 2 3 9 0 0 1 1 . 5 1 5 9 0 1 9 0 0 3 7 6 0 0 2 3 3 0 1 . 1 6 8 . 2 6

3 5 0 x 3 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 8 5 . 4 1 0 9 4 0 . 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 . 9 1 2 1 0 1 3 9 0 3 2 4 0 0 1 7 9 0 1 . 3 8 1 6 . 2

3 5 0 x 3 5 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 1 0 6 1 3 5 3 2 . 0 2 5 9 0 0 1 3 . 9 1 4 8 0 1 7 2 0 3 9 9 0 0 2 1 9 0 1 . 3 7 1 2 . 9

3 5 0 x 3 5 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 1 3 1 1 6 7 2 5 . 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 3 . 7 1 8 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 8 9 0 0 2 6 5 0 1 . 3 7 1 0 . 5

3 5 0 x 3 5 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 6 6 2 1 1 1 8 . 9 3 8 9 0 0 1 3 . 6 2 2 3 0 2 6 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 6 0 1 . 3 6 8 . 1 9

4 0 0 x 4 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 1 2 2 1 5 5 3 7 . 0 3 9 1 0 0 1 5 . 9 1 9 6 0 2 2 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 0 1 . 5 7 1 2 . 9

4 0 0 x 4 0 0 1 2 . 5 1 5 1 1 9 2 2 9 . 0 4 7 8 0 0 1 5 . 8 2 3 9 0 2 7 8 0 7 3 9 0 0 3 5 3 0 1 . 5 7 1 0 . 4

4 0 0 x 4 0 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 9 1 2 4 3 2 2 . 0 5 9 3 0 0 1 5 . 6 2 9 7 0 3 4 8 0 9 2 4 0 0 4 3 6 0 1 . 5 6 8 . 1 7

4 0 0 x 4 0 0 2 0 . 0 ~ 2 3 5 3 0 0 1 7 . 0 7 1 5 0 0 1 5 . 4 3 5 8 0 4 2 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 5 2 4 0 1 . 5 5 6 . 6 0

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6 0 x 4 0 3 . 0 ~ 4 . 3 5 5 . 5 4 1 7 . 0 1 0 . 3 2 6 . 5 1 3 . 9 2 . 1 8 1 . 5 8 8 . 8 2 6 . 9 5 1 0 . 9 8 . 1 9 2 9 . 2 1 1 . 2 0 . 1 9 2 4 4 . 1

6 0 x 4 0 4 . 0 ~ 5 . 6 4 7 . 1 9 1 2 . 0 7 . 0 0 3 2 . 8 1 7 . 0 2 . 1 4 1 . 5 4 1 0 . 9 8 . 5 2 1 3 . 8 1 0 . 3 3 6 . 7 1 3 . 7 0 . 1 9 0 3 3 . 7

6 0 x 4 0 5 . 0 ~ 6 . 8 5 8 . 7 3 9 . 0 0 5 . 0 0 3 8 . 1 1 9 . 5 2 . 0 9 1 . 5 0 1 2 . 7 9 . 7 7 1 6 . 4 1 2 . 2 4 3 . 0 1 5 . 7 0 . 1 8 7 2 7 . 3

8 0 x 4 0 3 . 2 ~ 5 . 6 2 7 . 1 6 2 2 . 0 9 . 5 0 5 7 . 2 1 8 . 9 2 . 8 3 1 . 6 3 1 4 . 3 9 . 4 6 1 8 . 0 1 1 . 0 4 6 . 2 1 6 . 1 0 . 2 3 2 4 1 . 3

8 0 x 4 0 4 . 0 ~ 6 . 9 0 8 . 7 9 1 7 . 0 7 . 0 0 6 8 . 2 2 2 . 2 2 . 7 9 1 . 5 9 1 7 . 1 1 1 . 1 2 1 . 8 1 3 . 2 5 5 . 2 1 8 . 9 0 . 2 3 0 3 3 . 3

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8 0 x 4 0 5 . 0 ~ 8 . 4 2 1 0 . 7 1 3 . 0 5 . 0 0 8 0 . 3 2 5 . 7 2 . 7 4 1 . 5 5 2 0 . 1 1 2 . 9 2 6 . 1 1 5 . 7 6 5 . 1 2 1 . 9 0 . 2 2 7 2 7 . 0

8 0 x 4 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 0 . 3 1 3 . 1 9 . 7 0 3 . 3 5 9 3 . 3 2 9 . 2 2 . 6 7 1 . 4 9 2 3 . 3 1 4 . 6 3 1 . 1 1 8 . 4 7 5 . 6 2 4 . 8 0 . 2 2 4 2 1 . 7

8 0 x 4 0 8 . 0 ~ 1 2 . 5 1 6 . 0 7 . 0 0 2 . 0 0 1 0 6 3 2 . 1 2 . 5 8 1 . 4 2 2 6 . 5 1 6 . 1 3 6 . 5 2 1 . 2 8 5 . 8 2 7 . 4 0 . 2 1 9 1 7 . 5

9 0 x 5 0 3 . 6 ~ 7 . 4 0 9 . 4 2 2 2 . 0 1 0 . 9 9 8 . 3 3 8 . 7 3 . 2 3 2 . 0 3 2 1 . 8 1 5 . 5 2 7 . 2 1 8 . 0 8 9 . 4 2 5 . 9 0 . 2 7 1 3 6 . 6

9 0 x 5 0 5 . 0 ~ 9 . 9 9 1 2 . 7 1 5 . 0 7 . 0 0 1 2 7 4 9 . 2 3 . 1 6 1 . 9 7 2 8 . 3 1 9 . 7 3 6 . 0 2 3 . 5 1 1 6 3 2 . 9 0 . 2 6 7 2 6 . 7

9 0 x 5 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 2 . 3 1 5 . 6 1 1 . 3 4 . 9 4 1 5 0 5 7 . 0 3 . 1 0 1 . 9 1 3 3 . 3 2 2 . 8 4 3 . 2 2 8 . 0 1 3 8 3 8 . 1 0 . 2 6 4 2 1 . 5

1 0 0 x 5 0 3 . 0 ~ 6 . 7 1 8 . 5 4 3 0 . 3 1 3 . 7 1 1 0 3 6 . 8 3 . 5 8 2 . 0 8 2 1 . 9 1 4 . 7 2 7 . 3 1 6 . 8 8 8 . 4 2 5 . 0 0 . 2 9 2 4 3 . 5

1 0 0 x 5 0 3 . 2 ~ 7 . 1 3 9 . 0 8 2 8 . 3 1 2 . 6 1 1 6 3 8 . 8 3 . 5 7 2 . 0 7 2 3 . 2 1 5 . 5 2 8 . 9 1 7 . 7 9 3 . 4 2 6 . 4 0 . 2 9 2 4 1 . 0

1 0 0 x 5 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 0 . 8 1 3 . 7 1 7 . 0 7 . 0 0 1 6 7 5 4 . 3 3 . 4 8 1 . 9 9 3 3 . 3 2 1 . 7 4 2 . 6 2 5 . 8 1 3 5 3 6 . 9 0 . 2 8 7 2 6 . 6

1 0 0 x 5 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 3 . 3 1 6 . 9 1 2 . 9 4 . 9 4 1 9 7 6 3 . 0 3 . 4 2 1 . 9 3 3 9 . 4 2 5 . 2 5 1 . 3 3 0 . 8 1 6 0 4 2 . 9 0 . 2 8 4 2 1 . 4

1 0 0 x 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 1 6 . 3 2 0 . 8 9 . 5 0 3 . 2 5 2 3 0 7 1 . 7 3 . 3 3 1 . 8 6 4 6 . 0 2 8 . 7 6 1 . 4 3 6 . 3 1 8 6 4 8 . 9 0 . 2 7 9 1 7 . 1

1 0 0 x 5 0 1 0 . 0 ^ 1 9 . 6 2 4 . 9 7 . 0 0 2 . 0 0 2 5 9 7 8 . 4 3 . 2 2 1 . 7 7 5 1 . 8 3 1 . 4 7 1 . 2 4 1 . 4 2 0 9 5 3 . 6 0 . 2 7 4 1 4 . 0

1 0 0 x 6 0 3 . 6 ~ 8 . 5 3 1 0 . 9 2 4 . 8 1 3 . 7 1 4 5 6 4 . 8 3 . 6 5 2 . 4 4 2 8 . 9 2 1 . 6 3 5 . 6 2 4 . 9 1 4 2 3 5 . 6 0 . 3 1 1 3 6 . 5

1 0 0 x 6 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 1 . 6 1 4 . 7 1 7 . 0 9 . 0 0 1 8 9 8 3 . 6 3 . 5 8 2 . 3 8 3 7 . 8 2 7 . 9 4 7 . 4 3 2 . 9 1 8 8 4 5 . 9 0 . 3 0 7 2 6 . 5

1 0 0 x 6 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 4 . 2 1 8 . 1 1 2 . 9 6 . 5 2 2 2 5 9 8 . 1 3 . 5 2 2 . 3 3 4 5 . 0 3 2 . 7 5 7 . 3 3 9 . 5 2 2 4 5 3 . 8 0 . 3 0 4 2 1 . 4

1 0 0 x 6 0 8 . 0 ~ 1 7 . 5 2 2 . 4 9 . 5 0 4 . 5 0 2 6 4 1 1 3 3 . 4 4 2 . 2 5 5 2 . 8 3 7 . 8 6 8 . 7 4 7 . 1 2 6 5 6 2 . 2 0 . 2 9 9 1 7 . 1

1 2 0 x 6 0 3 . 6 ~ 9 . 7 0 1 2 . 3 3 0 . 3 1 3 . 7 2 2 7 7 6 . 3 4 . 3 0 2 . 4 9 3 7 . 9 2 5 . 4 4 7 . 2 2 8 . 9 1 8 3 4 3 . 3 0 . 3 5 1 3 6 . 2

1 2 0 x 6 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 3 . 1 1 6 . 7 2 1 . 0 9 . 0 0 2 9 9 9 8 . 8 4 . 2 3 2 . 4 3 4 9 . 9 3 2 . 9 6 3 . 1 3 8 . 4 2 4 2 5 6 . 0 0 . 3 4 7 2 6 . 5

1 2 0 x 6 0 6 . 3 ~ 1 6 . 2 2 0 . 7 1 6 . 0 6 . 5 2 3 5 8 1 1 6 4 . 1 6 2 . 3 7 5 9 . 7 3 8 . 8 7 6 . 7 4 6 . 3 2 9 0 6 5 . 9 0 . 3 4 4 2 1 . 2

1 2 0 x 6 0 8 . 0 ~ 2 0 . 1 2 5 . 6 1 2 . 0 4 . 5 0 4 2 5 1 3 5 4 . 0 8 2 . 3 0 7 0 . 8 4 5 . 0 9 2 . 7 5 5 . 4 3 4 4 7 6 . 6 0 . 3 3 9 1 6 . 9

1 2 0 x 8 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 4 . 7 1 8 . 7 2 1 . 0 1 3 . 0 3 6 5 1 9 3 4 . 4 2 3 . 2 1 6 0 . 9 4 8 . 2 7 4 . 6 5 6 . 1 4 0 1 7 7 . 9 0 . 3 8 7 2 6 . 3

1 2 0 x 8 0 6 . 3 1 8 . 2 2 3 . 2 1 6 . 0 9 . 7 0 4 4 0 2 3 0 4 . 3 6 3 . 1 5 7 3 . 3 5 7 . 6 9 1 . 0 6 8 . 2 4 8 7 9 2 . 9 0 . 3 8 4 2 1 . 1

1 2 0 x 8 0 8 . 0 2 2 . 6 2 8 . 8 1 2 . 0 7 . 0 0 5 2 5 2 7 3 4 . 2 7 3 . 0 8 8 7 . 5 6 8 . 1 1 1 1 8 2 . 6 5 8 7 1 1 0 0 . 3 7 9 1 6 . 8

1 2 0 x 8 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 2 7 . 4 3 4 . 9 9 . 0 0 5 . 0 0 6 0 9 3 1 3 4 . 1 8 2 . 9 9 1 0 2 7 8 . 1 1 3 1 9 7 . 3 6 8 8 1 2 6 0 . 3 7 4 1 3 . 6

1 5 0 x 1 0 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 8 . 6 2 3 . 7 2 7 . 0 1 7 . 0 7 3 9 3 9 2 5 . 5 8 4 . 0 7 9 8 . 5 7 8 . 5 1 1 9 9 0 . 1 8 0 7 1 2 7 0 . 4 8 7 2 6 . 2

1 5 0 x 1 0 0 6 . 3 2 3 . 1 2 9 . 5 2 0 . 8 1 2 . 9 8 9 8 4 7 4 5 . 5 2 4 . 0 1 1 2 0 9 4 . 8 1 4 7 1 1 0 9 8 6 1 5 3 0 . 4 8 4 2 1 . 0

1 5 0 x 1 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 2 8 . 9 3 6 . 8 1 5 . 8 9 . 5 0 1 0 9 0 5 6 9 5 . 4 4 3 . 9 4 1 4 5 1 1 4 1 8 0 1 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 8 3 0 . 4 7 9 1 6 . 6

1 5 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 3 5 . 3 4 4 . 9 1 2 . 0 7 . 0 0 1 2 8 0 6 6 5 5 . 3 4 3 . 8 5 1 7 1 1 3 3 2 1 6 1 6 1 1 4 3 0 2 1 4 0 . 4 7 4 1 3 . 4

1 5 0 x 1 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 4 2 . 8 5 4 . 6 9 . 0 0 5 . 0 0 1 4 9 0 7 6 3 5 . 2 2 3 . 7 4 1 9 8 1 5 3 2 5 6 1 9 0 1 6 8 0 2 4 6 0 . 4 6 8 1 0 . 9

1 6 0 x 8 0 4 . 0 ~ 1 4 . 4 1 8 . 4 3 7 . 0 1 7 . 0 6 1 2 2 0 7 5 . 7 7 3 . 3 5 7 6 . 5 5 1 . 7 9 4 . 7 5 8 . 3 4 9 3 8 8 . 0 0 . 4 7 0 3 2 . 6

1 6 0 x 8 0 5 . 0 ~ 1 7 . 8 2 2 . 7 2 9 . 0 1 3 . 0 7 4 4 2 4 9 5 . 7 2 3 . 3 1 9 3 . 0 6 2 . 3 1 1 6 7 1 . 1 6 0 0 1 0 6 0 . 4 6 7 2 6 . 2

1 6 0 x 8 0 6 . 3 2 2 . 2 2 8 . 2 2 2 . 4 9 . 7 0 9 0 3 2 9 9 5 . 6 6 3 . 2 6 1 1 3 7 4 . 8 1 4 2 8 6 . 8 7 3 0 1 2 7 0 . 4 6 4 2 0 . 9

1 6 0 x 8 0 8 . 0 2 7 . 6 3 5 . 2 1 7 . 0 7 . 0 0 1 0 9 0 3 5 6 5 . 5 7 3 . 1 8 1 3 6 8 9 . 0 1 7 5 1 0 6 8 8 3 1 5 1 0 . 4 5 9 1 6 . 6

1 6 0 x 8 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 3 3 . 7 4 2 . 9 1 3 . 0 5 . 0 0 1 2 8 0 4 1 1 5 . 4 7 3 . 1 0 1 6 1 1 0 3 2 0 9 1 2 5 1 0 4 0 1 7 5 0 . 4 5 4 1 3 . 5

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2 0 0 x 1 0 0 6 . 3 ~ 2 8 . 1 3 5 . 8 2 8 . 7 1 2 . 9 1 8 3 0 6 1 3 7 . 1 5 4 . 1 4 1 8 3 1 2 3 2 2 8 1 4 0 1 4 7 0 2 0 8 0 . 5 8 4 2 0 . 8

2 0 0 x 1 0 0 8 . 0 3 5 . 1 4 4 . 8 2 2 . 0 9 . 5 0 2 2 3 0 7 3 9 7 . 0 6 4 . 0 6 2 2 3 1 4 8 2 8 2 1 7 2 1 8 0 0 2 5 1 0 . 5 7 9 1 6 . 5

2 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 3 . 1 5 4 . 9 1 7 . 0 7 . 0 0 2 6 6 0 8 6 9 6 . 9 6 3 . 9 8 2 6 6 1 7 4 3 4 1 2 0 6 2 1 6 0 2 9 5 0 . 5 7 4 1 3 . 3

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2 0 0 x 1 2 0 5 . 0 ~ 2 4 . 1 3 0 . 7 3 7 . 0 2 1 . 0 1 6 9 0 7 6 2 7 . 4 0 4 . 9 8 1 6 8 1 2 7 2 0 5 1 4 4 1 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 . 6 2 7 2 6 . 0

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2 0 0 x 1 2 0 6 . 3 ~ 3 0 . 1 3 8 . 3 2 8 . 7 1 6 . 0 2 0 7 0 9 2 9 7 . 3 4 4 . 9 2 2 0 7 1 5 5 2 5 3 1 7 7 2 0 3 0 2 5 5 0 . 6 2 4 2 0 . 7

2 0 0 x 1 2 0 8 . 0 ~ 3 7 . 6 4 8 . 0 2 2 . 0 1 2 . 0 2 5 3 0 1 1 3 0 7 . 2 6 4 . 8 5 2 5 3 1 8 8 3 1 3 2 1 8 2 4 9 0 3 1 0 0 . 6 1 9 1 6 . 5

2 0 0 x 1 2 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 4 6 . 3 5 8 . 9 1 7 . 0 9 . 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 4 0 7 . 1 7 4 . 7 6 3 0 3 2 2 3 3 7 9 2 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 6 7 0 . 6 1 4 1 3 . 3

2 0 0 x 1 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 4 1 . 4 5 2 . 8 2 2 . 0 1 5 . 8 2 9 7 0 1 8 9 0 7 . 5 0 5 . 9 9 2 9 7 2 5 3 3 5 9 2 9 4 3 6 4 0 3 9 8 0 . 6 7 9 1 6 . 4

2 0 0 x 1 5 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 5 1 . 0 6 4 . 9 1 7 . 0 1 2 . 0 3 5 7 0 2 2 6 0 7 . 4 1 5 . 9 1 3 5 7 3 0 2 4 3 6 3 5 6 4 4 1 0 4 7 5 0 . 6 7 4 1 3 . 2

2 5 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 5 1 . 0 6 4 . 9 2 2 . 0 7 . 0 0 4 7 3 0 1 0 7 0 8 . 5 4 4 . 0 6 3 7 9 2 1 4 4 9 1 2 5 1 2 9 1 0 3 7 6 0 . 6 7 4 1 3 . 2

2 5 0 x 1 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 6 2 . 5 7 9 . 6 1 7 . 0 5 . 0 0 5 6 2 0 1 2 5 0 8 . 4 1 3 . 9 6 4 5 0 2 4 9 5 9 2 2 9 9 3 4 4 0 4 3 8 0 . 6 6 8 1 0 . 7

2 5 0 x 1 5 0 5 . 0 ~ 3 0 . 4 3 8 . 7 4 7 . 0 2 7 . 0 3 3 6 0 1 5 3 0 9 . 3 1 6 . 2 8 2 6 9 2 0 4 3 2 4 2 2 8 3 2 8 0 3 3 7 0 . 7 8 7 2 5 . 9

2 5 0 x 1 5 0 6 . 3 3 8 . 0 4 8 . 4 3 6 . 7 2 0 . 8 4 1 4 0 1 8 7 0 9 . 2 5 6 . 2 2 3 3 1 2 5 0 4 0 2 2 8 3 4 0 5 0 4 1 3 0 . 7 8 4 2 0 . 6

2 5 0 x 1 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 4 7 . 7 6 0 . 8 2 8 . 3 1 5 . 8 5 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 9 . 1 7 6 . 1 5 4 0 9 3 0 6 5 0 1 3 5 0 5 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 . 7 7 9 1 6 . 3

2 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 5 8 . 8 7 4 . 9 2 2 . 0 1 2 . 0 6 1 7 0 2 7 6 0 9 . 0 8 6 . 0 6 4 9 4 3 6 7 6 1 1 4 2 6 6 0 9 0 6 0 5 0 . 7 7 4 1 3 . 2

2 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 2 . 5 7 2 . 3 9 2 . 1 1 7 . 0 9 . 0 0 7 3 9 0 3 2 7 0 8 . 9 6 5 . 9 6 5 9 1 4 3 5 7 4 0 5 1 4 7 3 3 0 7 1 7 0 . 7 6 8 1 0 . 6

2 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 9 0 . 3 1 1 5 1 2 . 6 6 . 3 8 8 8 8 0 3 8 7 0 8 . 7 9 5 . 8 0 7 1 0 5 1 6 9 0 6 6 2 5 8 8 7 0 8 4 9 0 . 7 5 9 8 . 4 1

3 0 0 x 1 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 4 7 . 7 6 0 . 8 3 4 . 5 9 . 5 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 . 2 4 . 2 1 4 2 0 2 1 6 5 4 6 2 4 5 3 0 7 0 3 8 7 0 . 7 7 9 1 6 . 3

3 0 0 x 1 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 5 8 . 8 7 4 . 9 2 7 . 0 7 . 0 0 7 6 1 0 1 2 8 0 1 0 . 1 4 . 1 3 5 0 8 2 5 5 6 6 6 2 9 6 3 6 8 0 4 5 8 0 . 7 7 4 1 3 . 2

3 0 0 x 2 0 0 6 . 3 ~ 4 7 . 9 6 1 . 0 4 4 . 6 2 8 . 7 7 8 3 0 4 1 9 0 1 1 . 3 8 . 2 9 5 2 2 4 1 9 6 2 4 4 7 2 8 4 8 0 6 8 1 0 . 9 8 4 2 0 . 5

3 0 0 x 2 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 6 0 . 3 7 6 . 8 3 4 . 5 2 2 . 0 9 7 2 0 5 1 8 0 1 1 . 3 8 . 2 2 6 4 8 5 1 8 7 7 9 5 8 9 1 0 6 0 0 8 4 0 0 . 9 7 9 1 6 . 2

3 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 7 4 . 5 9 4 . 9 2 7 . 0 1 7 . 0 1 1 8 0 0 6 2 8 0 1 1 . 2 8 . 1 3 7 8 8 6 2 8 9 5 6 7 2 1 1 2 9 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 . 9 7 4 1 3 . 1

3 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 9 1 . 9 1 1 7 2 1 . 0 1 3 . 0 1 4 3 0 0 7 5 4 0 1 1 . 0 8 . 0 2 9 5 2 7 5 4 1 1 7 0 8 7 7 1 5 7 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 . 9 6 8 1 0 . 5

3 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 6 . 0 1 1 5 1 4 7 1 5 . 8 9 . 5 0 1 7 4 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 0 . 9 7 . 8 7 1 1 6 0 9 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 8 0 1 9 3 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 . 9 5 9 8 . 3 4

4 0 0 x 2 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 7 2 . 8 9 2 . 8 4 7 . 0 2 2 . 0 1 9 6 0 0 6 6 6 0 1 4 . 5 8 . 4 7 9 7 8 6 6 6 1 2 0 0 7 4 3 1 5 7 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 . 1 8 1 6 . 2

4 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 9 0 . 2 1 1 5 3 7 . 0 1 7 . 0 2 3 9 0 0 8 0 8 0 1 4 . 4 8 . 3 9 1 2 0 0 8 0 8 1 4 8 0 9 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 1 3 8 0 1 . 1 7 1 3 . 0

4 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 9 . 0 1 3 . 0 2 9 1 0 0 9 7 4 0 1 4 . 3 8 . 2 8 1 4 5 0 9 7 4 1 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 6 6 0 1 . 1 7 1 0 . 5

4 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 4 1 1 7 9 2 2 . 0 9 . 5 0 3 5 7 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 1 4 . 1 8 . 1 3 1 7 9 0 1 1 8 0 2 2 6 0 1 3 7 0 2 8 9 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 . 1 6 8 . 2 6

4 5 0 x 2 5 0 8 . 0 ~ 8 5 . 4 1 0 9 5 3 . 3 2 8 . 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 . 6 1 0 . 6 1 3 4 0 9 7 1 1 6 2 0 1 0 8 0 2 7 1 0 0 1 6 3 0 1 . 3 8 1 6 . 2

4 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 1 0 6 1 3 5 4 2 . 0 2 2 . 0 3 6 9 0 0 1 4 8 0 0 1 6 . 5 1 0 . 5 1 6 4 0 1 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 9 9 0 1 . 3 7 1 2 . 9

4 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 1 3 1 1 6 7 3 3 . 0 1 7 . 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 6 . 4 1 0 . 4 2 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 2 4 6 0 1 6 3 0 4 0 7 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 . 3 7 1 0 . 5

4 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 6 . 0 1 6 6 2 1 1 2 5 . 1 1 2 . 6 5 5 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 . 2 1 0 . 2 2 4 8 0 1 7 6 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 9 5 0 1 . 3 6 8 . 1 9

5 0 0 x 3 0 0 8 . 0 ~ 9 8 . 0 1 2 5 5 9 . 5 3 4 . 5 4 3 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 . 7 1 2 . 6 1 7 5 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 8 0 4 2 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 . 5 8 1 6 . 1

5 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 0 . 0 ~ 1 2 2 1 5 5 4 7 . 0 2 7 . 0 5 3 8 0 0 2 4 4 0 0 1 8 . 6 1 2 . 6 2 1 5 0 1 6 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 3 0 5 2 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 . 5 7 1 2 . 9

5 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 2 . 5 ~ 1 5 1 1 9 2 3 7 . 0 2 1 . 0 6 5 8 0 0 2 9 8 0 0 1 8 . 5 1 2 . 5 2 6 3 0 1 9 9 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 6 4 4 0 0 3 2 8 0 1 . 5 7 1 0 . 4

5 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 6 . 0 ~ 1 9 1 2 4 3 2 8 . 3 1 5 . 8 8 1 8 0 0 3 6 8 0 0 1 8 . 3 1 2 . 3 3 2 7 0 2 4 5 0 4 0 1 0 2 8 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 . 5 6 8 . 1 7

5 0 0 x 3 0 0 2 0 . 0 ~ 2 3 5 3 0 0 2 2 . 0 1 2 . 0 9 8 8 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 8 . 2 1 2 . 1 3 9 5 0 2 9 4 0 4 8 9 0 3 4 1 0 9 7 4 0 0 4 8 4 0 1 . 5 5 6 . 6 0

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2 6 . 9 3 . 0 1 . 7 7 2 . 2 5 8 . 9 7 1 . 6 3 0 . 8 5 2 1 . 2 1 1 . 7 2 3 . 2 7 2 . 4 3 0 . 0 8 4 5 4 7 . 7

3 3 . 7 2 . 0 1 . 5 6 1 . 9 9 1 6 . 9 2 . 5 1 1 . 1 2 1 . 4 9 2 . 0 1 5 . 0 2 2 . 9 8 0 . 1 0 6 6 7 . 9

3 3 . 7 2 . 5 1 . 9 2 2 . 4 5 1 3 . 5 3 . 0 0 1 . 1 1 1 . 7 8 2 . 4 4 6 . 0 0 3 . 5 6 0 . 1 0 6 5 5 . 2

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3 3 . 7 4 . 0 2 . 9 3 3 . 7 3 8 . 4 3 4 . 1 9 1 . 0 6 2 . 4 9 3 . 5 5 8 . 3 8 4 . 9 7 0 . 1 0 6 3 6 . 2

3 3 . 7 4 . 5 3 . 2 4 4 . 1 3 7 . 4 9 4 . 5 0 1 . 0 4 2 . 6 7 3 . 8 7 9 . 0 1 5 . 3 5 0 . 1 0 6 3 2 . 7

4 2 . 4 2 . 5 2 . 4 6 3 . 1 3 1 7 . 0 6 . 2 6 1 . 4 1 2 . 9 5 3 . 9 9 1 2 . 5 5 . 9 1 0 . 1 3 3 5 4 . 1

4 2 . 4 3 . 0 2 . 9 1 3 . 7 1 1 4 . 1 7 . 2 5 1 . 4 0 3 . 4 2 4 . 6 7 1 4 . 5 6 . 8 4 0 . 1 3 3 4 5 . 7

4 2 . 4 3 . 5 3 . 3 6 4 . 2 8 1 2 . 1 8 . 1 6 1 . 3 8 3 . 8 5 5 . 3 1 1 6 . 3 7 . 6 9 0 . 1 3 3 3 9 . 6

4 2 . 4 4 . 0 3 . 7 9 4 . 8 3 1 0 . 6 8 . 9 9 1 . 3 6 4 . 2 4 5 . 9 2 1 8 . 0 8 . 4 8 0 . 1 3 3 3 5 . 1

4 8 . 3 2 . 5 2 . 8 2 3 . 6 0 1 9 . 3 9 . 4 6 1 . 6 2 3 . 9 2 5 . 2 5 1 8 . 9 7 . 8 3 0 . 1 5 2 5 3 . 9

4 8 . 3 3 . 0 3 . 3 5 4 . 2 7 1 6 . 1 1 1 . 0 1 . 6 1 4 . 5 5 6 . 1 7 2 2 . 0 9 . 1 1 0 . 1 5 2 4 5 . 4

4 8 . 3 3 . 5 3 . 8 7 4 . 9 3 1 3 . 8 1 2 . 4 1 . 5 9 5 . 1 5 7 . 0 4 2 4 . 9 1 0 . 3 0 . 1 5 2 3 9 . 3

4 8 . 3 4 . 0 4 . 3 7 5 . 5 7 1 2 . 1 1 3 . 8 1 . 5 7 5 . 7 0 7 . 8 7 2 7 . 5 1 1 . 4 0 . 1 5 2 3 4 . 8

4 8 . 3 5 . 0 5 . 3 4 6 . 8 0 9 . 6 6 1 6 . 2 1 . 5 4 6 . 6 9 9 . 4 2 3 2 . 3 1 3 . 4 0 . 1 5 2 2 8 . 5

6 0 . 3 2 . 5 3 . 5 6 4 . 5 4 2 4 . 1 1 9 . 0 2 . 0 5 6 . 3 0 8 . 3 6 3 8 . 0 1 2 . 6 0 . 1 8 9 5 3 . 1

6 0 . 3 3 . 0 4 . 2 4 5 . 4 0 2 0 . 1 2 2 . 2 2 . 0 3 7 . 3 7 9 . 8 6 4 4 . 4 1 4 . 7 0 . 1 8 9 4 4 . 6

6 0 . 3 3 . 5 4 . 9 0 6 . 2 5 1 7 . 2 2 5 . 3 2 . 0 1 8 . 3 9 1 1 . 3 5 0 . 6 1 6 . 8 0 . 1 8 9 3 8 . 6

6 0 . 3 4 . 0 5 . 5 5 7 . 0 7 1 5 . 1 2 8 . 2 2 . 0 0 9 . 3 4 1 2 . 7 5 6 . 3 1 8 . 7 0 . 1 8 9 3 4 . 1

6 0 . 3 5 . 0 6 . 8 2 8 . 6 9 1 2 . 1 3 3 . 5 1 . 9 6 1 1 . 1 1 5 . 3 6 7 . 0 2 2 . 2 0 . 1 8 9 2 7 . 7

7 6 . 1 2 . 5 4 . 5 4 5 . 7 8 3 0 . 4 3 9 . 2 2 . 6 0 1 0 . 3 1 3 . 5 7 8 . 4 2 0 . 6 0 . 2 3 9 5 2 . 6

7 6 . 1 3 . 0 5 . 4 1 6 . 8 9 2 5 . 4 4 6 . 1 2 . 5 9 1 2 . 1 1 6 . 0 9 2 . 2 2 4 . 2 0 . 2 3 9 4 4 . 2

7 6 . 1 3 . 5 6 . 2 7 7 . 9 8 2 1 . 7 5 2 . 7 2 . 5 7 1 3 . 9 1 8 . 5 1 0 5 2 7 . 7 0 . 2 3 9 3 8 . 1

7 6 . 1 4 . 0 7 . 1 1 9 . 0 6 1 9 . 0 5 9 . 1 2 . 5 5 1 5 . 5 2 0 . 8 1 1 8 3 1 . 0 0 . 2 3 9 3 3 . 6

7 6 . 1 5 . 0 8 . 7 7 1 1 . 2 1 5 . 2 7 0 . 9 2 . 5 2 1 8 . 6 2 5 . 3 1 4 2 3 7 . 3 0 . 2 3 9 2 7 . 3

8 8 . 9 3 . 0 6 . 3 6 8 . 1 0 2 9 . 6 7 4 . 8 3 . 0 4 1 6 . 8 2 2 . 1 1 5 0 3 3 . 6 0 . 2 7 9 4 3 . 9

8 8 . 9 3 . 5 7 . 3 7 9 . 3 9 2 5 . 4 8 5 . 7 3 . 0 2 1 9 . 3 2 5 . 5 1 7 1 3 8 . 6 0 . 2 7 9 3 7 . 9

8 8 . 9 4 . 0 8 . 3 8 1 0 . 7 2 2 . 2 9 6 . 3 3 . 0 0 2 1 . 7 2 8 . 9 1 9 3 4 3 . 3 0 . 2 7 9 3 3 . 3

8 8 . 9 5 . 0 1 0 . 3 1 3 . 2 1 7 . 8 1 1 6 2 . 9 7 2 6 . 2 3 5 . 2 2 3 3 5 2 . 4 0 . 2 7 9 2 7 . 1

1 1 4 . 3 3 . 0 8 . 2 3 1 0 . 5 3 8 . 1 1 6 3 3 . 9 4 2 8 . 4 3 7 . 2 3 2 5 5 6 . 9 0 . 3 5 9 4 3 . 6

1 1 4 . 3 3 . 5 9 . 5 6 1 2 . 2 3 2 . 7 1 8 7 3 . 9 2 3 2 . 7 4 3 . 0 3 7 4 6 5 . 5 0 . 3 5 9 3 7 . 6

1 1 4 . 3 4 . 0 1 0 . 9 1 3 . 9 2 8 . 6 2 1 1 3 . 9 0 3 6 . 9 4 8 . 7 4 2 2 7 3 . 9 0 . 3 5 9 3 2 . 9

1 1 4 . 3 5 . 0 1 3 . 5 1 7 . 2 2 2 . 9 2 5 7 3 . 8 7 4 5 . 0 5 9 . 8 5 1 4 8 9 . 9 0 . 3 5 9 2 6 . 6

1 1 4 . 3 6 . 0 1 6 . 0 2 0 . 4 1 9 . 1 3 0 0 3 . 8 3 5 2 . 5 7 0 . 4 6 0 0 1 0 5 0 . 3 5 9 2 2 . 4

1 3 9 . 7 4 . 0 1 3 . 4 1 7 . 1 3 4 . 9 3 9 3 4 . 8 0 5 6 . 2 7 3 . 7 7 8 6 1 1 2 0 . 4 3 9 3 2 . 8

1 3 9 . 7 5 . 0 1 6 . 6 2 1 . 2 2 7 . 9 4 8 1 4 . 7 7 6 8 . 8 9 0 . 8 9 6 1 1 3 8 0 . 4 3 9 2 6 . 4

1 3 9 . 7 6 . 0 1 9 . 8 2 5 . 2 2 3 . 3 5 6 4 4 . 7 3 8 0 . 8 1 0 7 1 1 3 0 1 6 2 0 . 4 3 9 2 2 . 2

1 3 9 . 7 8 . 0 2 6 . 0 3 3 . 1 1 7 . 5 7 2 0 4 . 6 6 1 0 3 1 3 9 1 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 . 4 3 9 1 6 . 9

1 3 9 . 7 1 0 . 0 3 2 . 0 4 0 . 7 1 4 . 0 8 6 2 4 . 6 0 1 2 3 1 6 9 1 7 2 0 2 4 7 0 . 4 3 9 1 3 . 7

1 3 9 . 7 1 2 . 5 3 9 . 2 5 0 . 0 1 1 . 2 1 0 2 0 4 . 5 2 1 4 6 2 0 3 2 0 4 0 2 9 2 0 . 4 3 9 1 1 . 2 0

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1 6 8 . 3 5 . 0 2 0 . 1 2 5 . 7 3 3 . 7 8 5 6 5 . 7 8 1 0 2 1 3 3 1 7 1 0 2 0 3 0 . 5 2 9 2 6 . 3

1 6 8 . 3 6 . 0 2 4 . 0 3 0 . 6 2 8 . 1 1 0 1 0 5 . 7 4 1 2 0 1 5 8 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 . 5 2 9 2 2 . 0

1 6 8 . 3 8 . 0 3 1 . 6 4 0 . 3 2 1 . 0 1 3 0 0 5 . 6 7 1 5 4 2 0 6 2 6 0 0 3 0 8 0 . 5 2 9 1 6 . 7

1 6 8 . 3 1 0 . 0 3 9 . 0 4 9 . 7 1 6 . 8 1 5 6 0 5 . 6 1 1 8 6 2 5 1 3 1 3 0 3 7 2 0 . 5 2 9 1 3 . 6

1 6 8 . 3 1 2 . 5 4 8 . 0 6 1 . 2 1 3 . 5 1 8 7 0 5 . 5 3 2 2 2 3 0 4 3 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 . 5 2 9 1 1 . 0 2

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1 9 3 . 7 4 . 0 1 8 . 7 2 3 . 8 4 8 . 4 1 0 7 0 6 . 7 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 5 0 2 2 2 0 . 6 0 9 3 2 . 6

1 9 3 . 7 4 . 5 2 1 . 0 2 6 . 7 4 3 . 0 1 2 0 0 6 . 6 9 1 2 4 1 6 1 2 4 0 0 2 4 7 0 . 6 0 9 2 9 . 0

1 9 3 . 7 5 . 0 2 3 . 3 2 9 . 6 3 8 . 7 1 3 2 0 6 . 6 7 1 3 6 1 7 8 2 6 4 0 2 7 3 0 . 6 0 9 2 6 . 1

1 9 3 . 7 6 . 0 2 7 . 8 3 5 . 4 3 2 . 3 1 5 6 0 6 . 6 4 1 6 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 . 6 0 9 2 1 . 9

1 9 3 . 7 8 . 0 3 6 . 6 4 6 . 7 2 4 . 2 2 0 2 0 6 . 5 7 2 0 8 2 7 6 4 0 3 0 4 1 6 0 . 6 0 9 1 6 . 6

1 9 3 . 7 1 0 . 0 4 5 . 3 5 7 . 7 1 9 . 4 2 4 4 0 6 . 5 0 2 5 2 3 3 8 4 8 8 0 5 0 4 0 . 6 0 9 1 3 . 4

1 9 3 . 7 1 2 . 5 5 5 . 9 7 1 . 2 1 5 . 5 2 9 3 0 6 . 4 2 3 0 3 4 1 1 5 8 7 0 6 0 6 0 . 6 0 9 1 0 . 8 9

2 1 9 . 1 4 . 0 2 1 . 2 2 7 . 0 5 4 . 8 1 5 6 0 7 . 6 1 1 4 3 1 8 5 3 1 3 0 2 8 6 0 . 6 8 8 3 2 . 5

2 1 9 . 1 4 . 5 2 3 . 8 3 0 . 3 4 8 . 7 1 7 5 0 7 . 5 9 1 5 9 2 0 7 3 4 9 0 3 1 9 0 . 6 8 8 2 8 . 9

2 1 9 . 1 5 . 0 2 6 . 4 3 3 . 6 4 3 . 8 1 9 3 0 7 . 5 7 1 7 6 2 2 9 3 8 6 0 3 5 2 0 . 6 8 8 2 6 . 1

2 1 9 . 1 6 . 0 3 1 . 5 4 0 . 2 3 6 . 5 2 2 8 0 7 . 5 4 2 0 8 2 7 3 4 5 6 0 4 1 7 0 . 6 8 8 2 1 . 8

2 1 9 . 1 8 . 0 4 1 . 6 5 3 . 1 2 7 . 4 2 9 6 0 7 . 4 7 2 7 0 3 5 7 5 9 2 0 5 4 0 0 . 6 8 8 1 6 . 5

2 1 9 . 1 1 0 . 0 5 1 . 6 6 5 . 7 2 1 . 9 3 6 0 0 7 . 4 0 3 2 8 4 3 8 7 2 0 0 6 5 7 0 . 6 8 8 1 3 . 3

2 1 9 . 1 1 2 . 0 6 1 . 3 7 8 . 1 1 8 . 3 4 2 0 0 7 . 3 3 3 8 3 5 1 5 8 4 0 0 7 6 7 0 . 6 8 8 1 1 . 2 2

2 1 9 . 1 1 2 . 5 6 3 . 7 8 1 . 1 1 7 . 5 4 3 5 0 7 . 3 2 3 9 7 5 3 4 8 6 9 0 7 9 3 0 . 6 8 8 1 0 . 8 0

2 1 9 . 1 1 6 . 0 8 0 . 1 1 0 2 1 3 . 7 5 3 0 0 7 . 2 0 4 8 3 6 6 1 1 0 6 0 0 9 6 7 0 . 6 8 8 8 . 5 9

2 4 4 . 5 4 . 5 2 6 . 6 3 3 . 9 5 4 . 3 2 4 4 0 8 . 4 9 2 0 0 2 5 9 4 8 9 0 4 0 0 0 . 7 6 8 2 8 . 9

2 4 4 . 5 5 . 0 2 9 . 5 3 7 . 6 4 8 . 9 2 7 0 0 8 . 4 7 2 2 1 2 8 7 5 4 0 0 4 4 1 0 . 7 6 8 2 6 . 0

2 4 4 . 5 6 . 0 3 5 . 3 4 5 . 0 4 0 . 8 3 2 0 0 8 . 4 3 2 6 2 3 4 1 6 4 0 0 5 2 3 0 . 7 6 8 2 1 . 8

2 4 4 . 5 8 . 0 4 6 . 7 5 9 . 4 3 0 . 6 4 1 6 0 8 . 3 7 3 4 0 4 4 8 8 3 2 0 6 8 1 0 . 7 6 8 1 6 . 4

2 4 4 . 5 1 0 . 0 5 7 . 8 7 3 . 7 2 4 . 5 5 0 7 0 8 . 3 0 4 1 5 5 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 3 0 0 . 7 6 8 1 3 . 3

2 4 4 . 5 1 2 . 0 6 8 . 8 8 7 . 7 2 0 . 4 5 9 4 0 8 . 2 3 4 8 6 6 4 9 1 1 9 0 0 9 7 2 0 . 7 6 8 1 1 . 1 6

2 4 4 . 5 1 2 . 5 7 1 . 5 9 1 . 1 1 9 . 6 6 1 5 0 8 . 2 1 5 0 3 6 7 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 . 7 6 8 1 0 . 7 4

2 4 4 . 5 1 6 . 0 9 0 . 2 1 1 5 1 5 . 3 7 5 3 0 8 . 1 0 6 1 6 8 3 7 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 . 7 6 8 8 . 5 1

2 7 3 . 0 4 . 0 2 6 . 5 3 3 . 8 6 8 . 3 3 0 6 0 9 . 5 1 2 2 4 2 8 9 6 1 2 0 4 4 8 0 . 8 5 8 3 2 . 4

2 7 3 . 0 4 . 5 2 9 . 8 3 8 . 0 6 0 . 7 3 4 2 0 9 . 4 9 2 5 1 3 2 4 6 8 4 0 5 0 1 0 . 8 5 8 2 8 . 8

2 7 3 . 0 5 . 0 3 3 . 0 4 2 . 1 5 4 . 6 3 7 8 0 9 . 4 8 2 7 7 3 5 9 7 5 6 0 5 5 4 0 . 8 5 8 2 6 . 0

2 7 3 . 0 6 . 0 3 9 . 5 5 0 . 3 4 5 . 5 4 4 9 0 9 . 4 4 3 2 9 4 2 8 8 9 7 0 6 5 7 0 . 8 5 8 2 1 . 7

2 7 3 . 0 8 . 0 5 2 . 3 6 6 . 6 3 4 . 1 5 8 5 0 9 . 3 7 4 2 9 5 6 2 1 1 7 0 0 8 5 7 0 . 8 5 8 1 6 . 4

2 7 3 . 0 1 0 . 0 6 4 . 9 8 2 . 6 2 7 . 3 7 1 5 0 9 . 3 1 5 2 4 6 9 2 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 . 8 5 8 1 3 . 2

2 7 3 . 0 1 2 . 0 7 7 . 2 9 8 . 4 2 2 . 8 8 4 0 0 9 . 2 4 6 1 5 8 1 8 1 6 8 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 . 8 5 8 1 1 . 1 1

2 7 3 . 0 1 2 . 5 8 0 . 3 1 0 2 2 1 . 8 8 7 0 0 9 . 2 2 6 3 7 8 4 9 1 7 4 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 . 8 5 8 1 0 . 6 8

2 7 3 . 0 1 6 . 0 1 0 1 1 2 9 1 7 . 1 1 0 7 0 0 9 . 1 0 7 8 4 1 0 6 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 5 7 0 0 . 8 5 8 8 . 5 0

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3 2 3 . 9 6 . 0 4 7 . 0 5 9 . 9 5 4 . 0 7 5 7 0 1 1 . 2 4 6 8 6 0 6 1 5 1 0 0 9 3 5 1 . 0 2 1 7 . 0

3 2 3 . 9 8 . 0 6 2 . 3 7 9 . 4 4 0 . 5 9 9 1 0 1 1 . 2 6 1 2 7 9 9 1 9 8 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 . 0 2 1 2 . 8

3 2 3 . 9 1 0 . 0 7 7 . 4 9 8 . 6 3 2 . 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 . 1 7 5 1 9 8 6 2 4 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 . 0 2 1 0 . 3

3 2 3 . 9 1 2 . 0 9 2 . 3 1 1 8 2 7 . 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 . 0 8 8 4 1 1 7 0 2 8 6 0 0 1 7 7 0 1 . 0 2 8 . 6 4

3 2 3 . 9 1 2 . 5 9 6 . 0 1 2 2 2 5 . 9 1 4 8 0 0 1 1 . 0 9 1 7 1 2 1 0 2 9 7 0 0 1 8 3 0 1 . 0 2 8 . 3 6

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3 2 3 . 9 1 6 . 0 1 2 1 1 5 5 2 0 . 2 1 8 4 0 0 1 0 . 9 1 1 4 0 1 5 2 0 3 6 8 0 0 2 2 7 0 1 . 0 2 6 . 5 8

3 5 5 . 6 5 . 0 4 3 . 2 5 5 . 1 7 1 . 1 8 4 6 0 1 2 . 4 4 7 6 6 1 5 1 6 9 0 0 9 5 2 1 . 1 2 2 0 . 3

3 5 5 . 6 6 . 0 5 1 . 7 6 5 . 9 5 9 . 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 . 4 5 6 6 7 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 . 1 2 1 7 . 0

3 5 5 . 6 8 . 0 6 8 . 6 8 7 . 4 4 4 . 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 2 . 3 7 4 2 9 6 7 2 6 4 0 0 1 4 9 0 1 . 1 2 1 2 . 8

3 5 5 . 6 1 0 . 0 8 5 . 2 1 0 9 3 5 . 6 1 6 2 0 0 1 2 . 2 9 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 1 8 3 0 1 . 1 2 1 0 . 3

3 5 5 . 6 1 2 . 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 9 . 6 1 9 1 0 0 1 2 . 2 1 0 8 0 1 4 2 0 3 8 3 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 . 1 2 8 . 6 2

3 5 5 . 6 1 2 . 5 1 0 6 1 3 5 2 8 . 4 1 9 9 0 0 1 2 . 1 1 1 2 0 1 4 7 0 3 9 7 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 . 1 2 8 . 3 0

3 5 5 . 6 1 6 . 0 1 3 4 1 7 1 2 2 . 2 2 4 7 0 0 1 2 . 0 1 3 9 0 1 8 5 0 4 9 3 0 0 2 7 7 0 1 . 1 2 6 . 5 5

4 0 6 . 4 6 . 0 5 9 . 2 7 5 . 5 6 7 . 7 1 5 1 0 0 1 4 . 2 7 4 5 9 6 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 4 9 0 1 . 2 8 1 7 . 0

4 0 6 . 4 8 . 0 7 8 . 6 1 0 0 5 0 . 8 1 9 9 0 0 1 4 . 1 9 7 8 1 2 7 0 3 9 7 0 0 1 9 6 0 1 . 2 8 1 2 . 8

4 0 6 . 4 1 0 . 0 9 7 . 8 1 2 5 4 0 . 6 2 4 5 0 0 1 4 . 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 7 0 4 9 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 . 2 8 1 0 . 2

4 0 6 . 4 1 2 . 0 1 1 7 1 4 9 3 3 . 9 2 8 9 0 0 1 4 . 0 1 4 2 0 1 8 7 0 5 7 9 0 0 2 8 5 0 1 . 2 8 8 . 5 9

4 0 6 . 4 1 2 . 5 1 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 . 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 . 9 1 4 8 0 1 9 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 9 6 0 1 . 2 8 8 . 2 6

4 0 6 . 4 1 6 . 0 1 5 4 1 9 6 2 5 . 4 3 7 4 0 0 1 3 . 8 1 8 4 0 2 4 4 0 7 4 9 0 0 3 6 9 0 1 . 2 8 6 . 5 3

4 5 7 . 0 8 . 0 8 8 . 6 1 1 3 5 7 . 1 2 8 4 0 0 1 5 . 9 1 2 5 0 1 6 1 0 5 6 9 0 0 2 4 9 0 1 . 4 4 1 2 . 7

4 5 7 . 0 1 0 . 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 4 5 . 7 3 5 1 0 0 1 5 . 8 1 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 3 0 7 0 1 . 4 4 1 0 . 3

4 5 7 . 0 1 2 . 0 1 3 2 1 6 8 3 8 . 1 4 1 6 0 0 1 5 . 7 1 8 2 0 2 3 8 0 8 3 1 0 0 3 6 4 0 1 . 4 4 8 . 5 7

4 5 7 . 0 1 2 . 5 1 3 7 1 7 5 3 6 . 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 5 . 7 1 8 9 0 2 4 7 0 8 6 3 0 0 3 7 8 0 1 . 4 4 8 . 2 3

4 5 7 . 0 1 6 . 0 1 7 4 2 2 2 2 8 . 6 5 4 0 0 0 1 5 . 6 2 3 6 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 4 7 2 0 1 . 4 4 6 . 4 9

5 0 8 . 0 8 . 0 9 8 . 6 1 2 6 6 3 . 5 3 9 3 0 0 1 7 . 7 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 8 6 0 0 3 0 9 0 1 . 6 0 1 2 . 7

5 0 8 . 0 1 0 . 0 1 2 3 1 5 6 5 0 . 8 4 8 5 0 0 1 7 . 6 1 9 1 0 2 4 8 0 9 7 0 0 0 3 8 2 0 1 . 6 0 1 0 . 3

5 0 8 . 0 1 2 . 0 1 4 7 1 8 7 4 2 . 3 5 7 5 0 0 1 7 . 5 2 2 7 0 2 9 5 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 1 . 6 0 8 . 5 6

5 0 8 . 0 1 2 . 5 1 5 3 1 9 5 4 0 . 6 5 9 8 0 0 1 7 . 5 2 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 0 1 . 6 0 8 . 2 1

5 0 8 . 0 1 6 . 0 1 9 4 2 4 7 3 1 . 8 7 4 9 0 0 1 7 . 4 2 9 5 0 3 8 7 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 1 . 6 0 6 . 4 8

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2 5 x 2 5 2 . 0 1 . 3 6 1 . 7 4 7 . 5 0 1 . 4 8 0 . 9 2 4 1 . 1 9 1 . 4 7 2 . 5 3 1 . 8 0 0 . 0 9 3 1 6 8 . 5

2 5 x 2 5 2 . 5 1 . 6 4 2 . 0 9 5 . 0 0 1 . 6 9 0 . 8 9 9 1 . 3 5 1 . 7 1 2 . 9 7 2 . 0 7 0 . 0 9 1 4 5 5 . 7

2 5 x 2 5 3 . 0 1 . 8 9 2 . 4 1 3 . 3 3 1 . 8 4 0 . 8 7 4 1 . 4 7 1 . 9 1 3 . 3 3 2 . 2 7 0 . 0 8 9 7 4 7 . 5

3 0 x 3 0 2 . 0 1 . 6 8 2 . 1 4 1 0 . 0 2 . 7 2 1 . 1 3 1 . 8 1 2 . 2 1 4 . 5 4 2 . 7 5 0 . 1 1 3 6 7 . 3

3 0 x 3 0 2 . 5 2 . 0 3 2 . 5 9 7 . 0 0 3 . 1 6 1 . 1 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 6 1 5 . 4 0 3 . 2 0 0 . 1 1 1 5 4 . 7

3 0 x 3 0 3 . 0 2 . 3 6 3 . 0 1 5 . 0 0 3 . 5 0 1 . 0 8 2 . 3 4 2 . 9 6 6 . 1 5 3 . 5 8 0 . 1 1 0 4 6 . 6

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4 0 x 4 0 2 . 0 2 . 3 1 2 . 9 4 1 5 . 0 6 . 9 4 1 . 5 4 3 . 4 7 4 . 1 3 1 1 . 3 5 . 2 3 0 . 1 5 3 6 6 . 2

4 0 x 4 0 2 . 5 2 . 8 2 3 . 5 9 1 1 . 0 8 . 2 2 1 . 5 1 4 . 1 1 4 . 9 7 1 3 . 6 6 . 2 1 0 . 1 5 1 5 3 . 5

4 0 x 4 0 3 . 0 3 . 3 0 4 . 2 1 8 . 3 3 9 . 3 2 1 . 4 9 4 . 6 6 5 . 7 2 1 5 . 8 7 . 0 7 0 . 1 5 0 4 5 . 5

4 0 x 4 0 4 . 0 4 . 2 0 5 . 3 5 5 . 0 0 1 1 . 1 1 . 4 4 5 . 5 4 7 . 0 1 1 9 . 4 8 . 4 8 0 . 1 4 6 3 4 . 8

5 0 x 5 0 2 . 0 2 . 9 3 3 . 7 4 2 0 . 0 1 4 . 1 1 . 9 5 5 . 6 6 6 . 6 6 2 2 . 6 8 . 5 1 0 . 1 9 3 6 5 . 9

5 0 x 5 0 2 . 5 3 . 6 0 4 . 5 9 1 5 . 0 1 6 . 9 1 . 9 2 6 . 7 8 8 . 0 7 2 7 . 5 1 0 . 2 0 . 1 9 1 5 3 . 1

5 0 x 5 0 3 . 0 4 . 2 5 5 . 4 1 1 1 . 7 1 9 . 5 1 . 9 0 7 . 7 9 9 . 3 9 3 2 . 1 1 1 . 8 0 . 1 9 0 4 4 . 7

5 0 x 5 0 4 . 0 5 . 4 5 6 . 9 5 7 . 5 0 2 3 . 7 1 . 8 5 9 . 4 9 1 1 . 7 4 0 . 4 1 4 . 4 0 . 1 8 6 3 4 . 1

5 0 x 5 0 5 . 0 6 . 5 6 8 . 3 6 5 . 0 0 2 7 . 0 1 . 8 0 1 0 . 8 1 3 . 7 4 7 . 5 1 6 . 6 0 . 1 8 3 2 7 . 9

6 0 x 6 0 3 . 0 5 . 1 9 6 . 6 1 1 5 . 0 3 5 . 1 2 . 3 1 1 1 . 7 1 4 . 0 5 7 . 1 1 7 . 7 0 . 2 3 0 4 4 . 3

6 0 x 6 0 4 . 0 6 . 7 1 8 . 5 5 1 0 . 0 4 3 . 6 2 . 2 6 1 4 . 5 1 7 . 6 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 0 0 . 2 2 6 3 3 . 7

6 0 x 6 0 5 . 0 8 . 1 3 1 0 . 4 7 . 0 0 5 0 . 5 2 . 2 1 1 6 . 8 2 0 . 9 8 6 . 4 2 5 . 6 0 . 2 2 3 2 7 . 4

7 0 x 7 0 2 . 5 5 . 1 7 6 . 5 9 2 3 . 0 4 9 . 4 2 . 7 4 1 4 . 1 1 6 . 5 7 8 . 5 2 1 . 2 0 . 2 7 1 5 2 . 4

7 0 x 7 0 3 . 0 6 . 1 3 7 . 8 1 1 8 . 3 5 7 . 5 2 . 7 1 1 6 . 4 1 9 . 4 9 2 . 4 2 4 . 7 0 . 2 7 0 4 4 . 0

7 0 x 7 0 3 . 5 7 . 0 6 8 . 9 9 1 5 . 0 6 5 . 1 2 . 6 9 1 8 . 6 2 2 . 2 1 0 6 2 8 . 0 0 . 2 6 8 3 8 . 0

7 0 x 7 0 4 . 0 7 . 9 7 1 0 . 1 1 2 . 5 7 2 . 1 2 . 6 7 2 0 . 6 2 4 . 8 1 1 9 3 1 . 1 0 . 2 6 6 3 3 . 4

7 0 x 7 0 5 . 0 9 . 7 0 1 2 . 4 9 . 0 0 8 4 . 6 2 . 6 2 2 4 . 2 2 9 . 6 1 4 2 3 6 . 7 0 . 2 6 3 2 7 . 1

8 0 x 8 0 3 . 0 7 . 0 7 9 . 0 1 2 1 . 7 8 7 . 8 3 . 1 2 2 2 . 0 2 5 . 8 1 4 0 3 3 . 0 0 . 3 1 0 4 3 . 8

8 0 x 8 0 3 . 5 8 . 1 6 1 0 . 4 1 7 . 9 9 9 . 8 3 . 1 0 2 5 . 0 2 9 . 5 1 6 1 3 7 . 6 0 . 3 0 8 3 7 . 7

8 0 x 8 0 4 . 0 9 . 2 2 1 1 . 7 1 5 . 0 1 1 1 3 . 0 7 2 7 . 8 3 3 . 1 1 8 0 4 1 . 8 0 . 3 0 6 3 3 . 2

8 0 x 8 0 5 . 0 1 1 . 3 1 4 . 4 1 1 . 0 1 3 1 3 . 0 3 3 2 . 9 3 9 . 7 2 1 8 4 9 . 7 0 . 3 0 3 2 6 . 8

8 0 x 8 0 6 . 0 1 3 . 2 1 6 . 8 8 . 3 3 1 4 9 2 . 9 8 3 7 . 3 4 5 . 8 2 5 2 5 6 . 6 0 . 2 9 9 2 2 . 7

9 0 x 9 0 3 . 0 8 . 0 1 1 0 . 2 2 5 . 0 1 2 7 3 . 5 3 2 8 . 3 3 3 . 0 2 0 1 4 2 . 5 0 . 3 5 0 4 3 . 7

9 0 x 9 0 3 . 5 9 . 2 6 1 1 . 8 2 0 . 7 1 4 5 3 . 5 1 3 2 . 2 3 7 . 9 2 3 2 4 8 . 5 0 . 3 4 8 3 7 . 6

9 0 x 9 0 4 . 0 1 0 . 5 1 3 . 3 1 7 . 5 1 6 2 3 . 4 8 3 6 . 0 4 2 . 6 2 6 1 5 4 . 2 0 . 3 4 6 3 3 . 0

9 0 x 9 0 5 . 0 1 2 . 8 1 6 . 4 1 3 . 0 1 9 3 3 . 4 3 4 2 . 9 5 1 . 4 3 1 6 6 4 . 7 0 . 3 4 3 2 6 . 8

9 0 x 9 0 6 . 0 1 5 . 1 1 9 . 2 1 0 . 0 2 2 0 3 . 3 9 4 9 . 0 5 9 . 5 3 6 8 7 4 . 2 0 . 3 3 9 2 2 . 5

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 3 . 0 8 . 9 6 1 1 . 4 2 8 . 3 1 7 7 3 . 9 4 3 5 . 4 4 1 . 2 2 7 9 5 3 . 2 0 . 3 9 0 4 3 . 5

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 4 . 0 1 1 . 7 1 4 . 9 2 0 . 0 2 2 6 3 . 8 9 4 5 . 3 5 3 . 3 3 6 2 6 8 . 1 0 . 3 8 6 3 3 . 0

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 5 . 0 1 4 . 4 1 8 . 4 1 5 . 0 2 7 1 3 . 8 4 5 4 . 2 6 4 . 6 4 4 1 8 1 . 7 0 . 3 8 3 2 6 . 6

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 6 . 0 1 7 . 0 2 1 . 6 1 1 . 7 3 1 1 3 . 7 9 6 2 . 3 7 5 . 1 5 1 4 9 4 . 1 0 . 3 7 9 2 2 . 3

1 0 0 x 1 0 0 8 . 0 2 1 . 4 2 7 . 2 7 . 5 0 3 6 6 3 . 6 7 7 3 . 2 9 1 . 1 6 4 5 1 1 4 0 . 3 6 6 1 7 . 1

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 4 . 0 1 4 . 2 1 8 . 1 2 5 . 0 4 0 2 4 . 7 1 6 7 . 0 7 8 . 3 6 3 7 1 0 1 0 . 4 6 6 3 2 . 8

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 5 . 0 1 7 . 5 2 2 . 4 1 9 . 0 4 8 5 4 . 6 6 8 0 . 9 9 5 . 4 7 7 8 1 2 2 0 . 4 6 3 2 6 . 5

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 6 . 0 2 0 . 7 2 6 . 4 1 5 . 0 5 6 2 4 . 6 1 9 3 . 7 1 1 2 9 1 3 1 4 1 0 . 4 5 9 2 2 . 2

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 8 . 0 2 6 . 4 3 3 . 6 1 0 . 0 6 7 7 4 . 4 9 1 1 3 1 3 8 1 1 6 0 1 7 5 0 . 4 4 6 1 6 . 9

1 2 0 x 1 2 0 1 0 . 0 3 1 . 8 4 0 . 6 7 . 0 0 7 7 7 4 . 3 8 1 2 9 1 6 2 1 3 8 0 2 0 3 0 . 4 3 7 1 3 . 7

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D e s i g n a t i o n e r o f f o r M o m e n t o f M o d u l u s M o d u l u s C o n s t a n t s

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1 4 0 x 1 4 0 5 . 0 2 0 . 7 2 6 . 4 2 3 . 0 7 9 1 5 . 4 8 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 6 0 1 7 0 0 . 5 4 3 2 6 . 2

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 6 . 0 2 4 . 5 3 1 . 2 1 8 . 3 9 2 0 5 . 4 3 1 3 1 1 5 5 1 4 8 0 1 9 8 0 . 5 3 9 2 2 . 0

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 8 . 0 3 1 . 4 4 0 . 0 1 2 . 5 1 1 3 0 5 . 3 0 1 6 1 1 9 4 1 9 0 0 2 4 8 0 . 5 2 6 1 6 . 8

1 4 0 x 1 4 0 1 0 . 0 3 8 . 1 4 8 . 6 9 . 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 . 2 0 1 8 7 2 3 0 2 2 7 0 2 9 1 0 . 5 1 7 1 3 . 6

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 4 . 0 1 8 . 0 2 2 . 9 3 2 . 5 8 0 8 5 . 9 3 1 0 8 1 2 5 1 2 6 0 1 6 2 0 . 5 8 6 3 2 . 6

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1 5 0 x 1 5 0 5 . 0 2 2 . 3 2 8 . 4 2 5 . 0 9 8 2 5 . 8 9 1 3 1 1 5 3 1 5 5 0 1 9 7 0 . 5 8 3 2 6 . 1

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 6 . 0 2 6 . 4 3 3 . 6 2 0 . 0 1 1 5 0 5 . 8 4 1 5 3 1 8 0 1 8 3 0 2 3 0 0 . 5 7 9 2 1 . 9

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 8 . 0 3 3 . 9 4 3 . 2 1 3 . 8 1 4 1 0 5 . 7 1 1 8 8 2 2 6 2 3 6 0 2 8 9 0 . 5 6 6 1 6 . 7

1 5 0 x 1 5 0 1 0 . 0 4 1 . 3 5 2 . 6 1 0 . 0 1 6 5 0 5 . 6 1 2 2 0 2 6 9 2 8 4 0 3 4 1 0 . 5 5 7 1 3 . 5

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 4 . 0 1 9 . 3 2 4 . 5 3 5 . 0 9 8 7 6 . 3 4 1 2 3 1 4 3 1 5 4 0 1 8 5 0 . 6 2 6 3 2 . 4

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 5 . 0 2 3 . 8 3 0 . 4 2 7 . 0 1 2 0 0 6 . 2 9 1 5 0 1 7 5 1 9 0 0 2 2 6 0 . 6 2 3 2 6 . 2

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 6 . 0 2 8 . 3 3 6 . 0 2 1 . 7 1 4 1 0 6 . 2 5 1 7 6 2 0 6 2 2 4 0 2 6 4 0 . 6 1 9 2 1 . 9

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 8 . 0 3 6 . 5 4 6 . 4 1 5 . 0 1 7 4 0 6 . 1 2 2 1 8 2 6 0 2 9 0 0 3 3 4 0 . 6 0 6 1 6 . 6

1 6 0 x 1 6 0 1 0 . 0 4 4 . 4 5 6 . 6 1 1 . 0 2 0 5 0 6 . 0 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 3 4 9 0 3 9 5 0 . 5 9 7 1 3 . 4

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 5 . 0 2 7 . 0 3 4 . 4 3 1 . 0 1 7 4 0 7 . 1 1 1 9 3 2 2 4 2 7 2 0 2 9 0 0 . 7 0 3 2 6 . 0

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 6 . 0 3 2 . 1 4 0 . 8 2 5 . 0 2 0 4 0 7 . 0 6 2 2 6 2 6 4 3 2 2 0 3 4 0 0 . 6 9 9 2 1 . 8

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 8 . 0 4 1 . 5 5 2 . 8 1 7 . 5 2 5 5 0 6 . 9 4 2 8 3 3 3 6 4 1 9 0 4 3 2 0 . 6 8 6 1 6 . 5

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 1 0 . 0 5 0 . 7 6 4 . 6 1 3 . 0 3 0 2 0 6 . 8 4 3 3 5 4 0 4 5 0 7 0 5 1 5 0 . 6 7 7 1 3 . 4

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 1 2 . 0 5 8 . 5 7 4 . 5 1 0 . 0 3 3 2 0 6 . 6 8 3 6 9 4 5 4 5 8 7 0 5 8 4 0 . 6 5 8 1 1 . 2

1 8 0 x 1 8 0 1 2 . 5 6 0 . 5 7 7 . 0 9 . 4 0 3 4 1 0 6 . 6 5 3 7 8 4 6 7 6 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 . 6 5 6 1 0 . 8

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 5 . 0 3 0 . 1 3 8 . 4 3 5 . 0 2 4 1 0 7 . 9 3 2 4 1 2 7 9 3 7 6 0 3 6 2 0 . 7 8 3 2 6 . 0

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 6 . 0 3 5 . 8 4 5 . 6 2 8 . 3 2 8 3 0 7 . 8 8 2 8 3 3 3 0 4 4 6 0 4 2 6 0 . 7 7 9 2 1 . 8

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 8 . 0 4 6 . 5 5 9 . 2 2 0 . 0 3 5 7 0 7 . 7 6 3 5 7 4 2 1 5 8 2 0 5 4 4 0 . 7 6 6 1 6 . 5

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 0 . 0 5 7 . 0 7 2 . 6 1 5 . 0 4 2 5 0 7 . 6 5 4 2 5 5 0 8 7 0 7 0 6 5 1 0 . 7 5 7 1 3 . 3

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 2 . 0 6 6 . 0 8 4 . 1 1 1 . 7 4 7 3 0 7 . 5 0 4 7 3 5 7 6 8 2 3 0 7 4 3 0 . 7 3 8 1 1 . 2

2 0 0 x 2 0 0 1 2 . 5 6 8 . 3 8 7 . 0 1 1 . 0 4 8 6 0 7 . 4 7 4 8 6 5 9 4 8 5 0 0 7 6 5 0 . 7 3 6 1 0 . 8

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 6 . 0 4 5 . 2 5 7 . 6 3 6 . 7 5 6 7 0 9 . 9 2 4 5 4 5 2 4 8 8 4 0 6 8 1 0 . 9 7 9 2 1 . 7

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 8 . 0 5 9 . 1 7 5 . 2 2 6 . 3 7 2 3 0 9 . 8 0 5 7 8 6 7 6 1 1 6 0 0 8 7 8 0 . 9 6 6 1 6 . 3

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 0 . 0 7 2 . 7 9 2 . 6 2 0 . 0 8 7 1 0 9 . 7 0 6 9 7 8 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 . 9 5 7 1 3 . 2

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 2 . 0 8 4 . 8 1 0 8 1 5 . 8 9 8 6 0 9 . 5 5 7 8 9 9 4 4 1 6 7 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 . 9 3 8 1 1 . 1

2 5 0 x 2 5 0 1 2 . 5 8 8 . 0 1 1 2 1 5 . 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 . 5 2 8 1 3 9 7 5 1 7 3 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 . 9 3 6 1 0 . 6

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 8 . 0 7 1 . 6 9 1 . 2 3 2 . 5 1 2 8 0 0 1 1 . 8 8 5 3 9 9 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 9 0 1 . 1 7 1 6 . 3

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 0 . 0 8 8 . 4 1 1 3 2 5 . 0 1 5 5 0 0 1 1 . 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 5 7 0 1 . 1 6 1 3 . 1

3 0 0 x 3 0 0 1 2 . 0 1 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 . 0 1 7 8 0 0 1 1 . 6 1 1 8 0 1 4 0 0 2 9 5 0 0 1 8 3 0

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