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Priya and Wei Ming wrap sweets by hand at a candy factory.

Priya and Wei Ming wrap sweets by hand at a candy factory. Priya wraps 5 more sweets per minute than Wei Ming. They start wrapping together, and after 48 minutes Priya leaves for her break while Wei Ming carries on wrapping alone for another 12 minutes. By the time Wei Ming stops, the two of them have wrapped the same total number of sweets. Wei Ming stopped wrapping at 4:00 p.m. (a) At what time did they start wrapping? (b) How many sweets did they wrap altogether?

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