<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant. You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the user with the answer. You should try to truely solve the question by yourself without cheating.  <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
 A cistern is two-thirds full of water. There are three pipes: Pipe A can fill the remaining part in 12 minutes, Pipe B in 8 minutes, and Pipe C can empty the full cistern in 24 minutes. If Pipes A and B fill while Pipe C is open, how much time will they take to fill the cistern completely? Show your work in <think> </think> tags. And return the final answer in <answer> </answer> tags.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Let me solve this step by step.
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user
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A cistern is two-thirds full of water. There are three pipes: Pipe A can fill the remaining part in 12 minutes, Pipe B in 8 minutes, and Pipe C can empty the full cistern in 24 minutes. If Pipes A and B fill while Pipe C is open, how much time will they take to fill the cistern completely?
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