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A transport agency has 5 carriers, each of capacity 15 tonnes. The carriers are scheduled such that the first carrier makes a trip every day, the second carrier makes a trip every second. The third makes a trip every third day and so on. Find the maximum number of times in a year that it is possible to dispatch a total shipment of 75 tonnes in a single day. The operation starts on the 7th January 2010 and continue till the end of the year (31st December 2010) without any holiday.
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