Tom had ten sparklers of the same size. Each sparkler took 2 minutes to burn down completely. He lit them one at a time, starting each one when the previous one had one tenth of the time left to burn.
How long, in seconds, did it take for all ten sparklers to burn down?
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8
12
34
55
256
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