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To determine the total duration of an event, such as an environmental study, the problem must be broken down into prerequisite questions. Specifically, one must first find out the event's start and end times before the total duration can be calculated.

Example of Decomposing a Duration Question

A user asks a system, 'How long did the first successful flight by the Wright brothers last?' To compute the answer, the system must first resolve a set of prerequisite questions. Which pair of questions is essential to determine the flight's duration?

You are designing a system to answer the question: 'How long did the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge take?' Arrange the following computational steps in the correct logical order to arrive at the answer.

Analyze the AI assistant's failure in the following scenario. What two specific, prerequisite pieces of information does the assistant need to find in order to calculate the answer, and why is its current approach flawed?

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