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diff --git a/challenge-225/joelle-maslak/raku/ch-1.raku b/challenge-225/joelle-maslak/raku/ch-1.raku
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+#!/usr/bin/env raku
+use v6.d;
+
+my Str:D @INPUT = ("Perl and Raku belong to the same family.",
+             "I love Perl.",
+             "The Perl and Raku Conference.");
+
+sub MAIN(*@input) {
+    @input = @INPUT unless @input.elems;
+
+    say "Max words: " ~ max @input».words».elems.max;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/challenge-225/joelle-maslak/raku/ch-2.raku b/challenge-225/joelle-maslak/raku/ch-2.raku
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+#!/usr/bin/env raku
+use v6.d;
+
+my @INPUT = (10, 4, 8, 3);
+
+sub leftsum(@numbers) {
+    return () unless @numbers.elems;
+    gather {
+        for 0..^(@numbers.elems) -> $i {
+            take @numbers[0..^$i].sum;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub MAIN(*@input) {
+    @input = @INPUT unless @input.elems;
+
+    my @left = leftsum(@input);
+    my @right = leftsum(@input.reverse).reverse;
+
+    my @differences = (@left Z @right).map: {abs($^a[0] - $^a[1])};
+    say "Left/right sum differences: " ~ @differences.join(", ");
+}
+
+