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+"""Functions to manage and organize queues at Chaitana's roller coaster."""
+
+
+def add_me_to_the_queue(express_queue: list[str],
+                        normal_queue: list[str],
+                        ticket_type: int,
+                        person_name: str) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Add a person to the 'express' or 'normal' queue depending on the ticket number.
+
+    :param express_queue: list[str] - names in the Fast-track queue.
+    :param normal_queue: list[str] - names in the normal queue.
+    :param ticket_type: int - type of ticket. 1 = express, 0 = normal.
+    :param person_name: str - name of person to add to a queue.
+    :return: list - the (updated) queue the name was added to.
+    """
+    if ticket_type:
+        express_queue.append(person_name)
+        return express_queue
+
+    normal_queue.append(person_name)
+    return normal_queue
+
+
+def find_my_friend(queue: list[str],
+                   friend_name: str) -> int:
+    """
+    Search the queue for a name and return their queue position (index).
+
+    :param queue: list - names in the queue.
+    :param friend_name: str - name of friend to find.
+    :return: int - index at which the friends name was found.
+    """
+    return queue.index(friend_name)
+
+
+def add_me_with_my_friends(queue: list[str],
+                           index: int,
+                           person_name: str) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Insert the late arrival's name at a specific index of the queue.
+
+    :param queue: list - names in the queue.
+    :param index: int - the index at which to add the new name.
+    :param person_name: str - the name to add.
+    :return: list - queue updated with new name.
+    """
+    queue.insert(index, person_name)
+    return queue
+
+
+def remove_the_mean_person(queue: list[str],
+                           person_name: str) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Remove the mean person from the queue by the provided name.
+
+    :param queue: list[str] - names in the queue.
+    :param person_name: str - name of mean person.
+    :return: list - queue update with the mean persons name removed.
+    """
+    queue.remove(person_name)
+    return queue
+
+
+def how_many_namefellows(queue: list[str],
+                         person_name: str) -> int:
+    """
+    Count how many times the provided name appears in the queue.
+
+    :param queue: list - names in the queue.
+    :param person_name: str - name you wish to count or track.
+    :return: int - the number of times the name appears in the queue.
+    """
+    return queue.count(person_name)
+
+
+def remove_the_last_person(queue: list[str]) -> str:
+    """
+    Remove the person in the last index from the queue and return their name.
+
+    :param queue: list - names in the queue.
+    :return: str - name that has been removed from the end of the queue.
+    """
+    name: str = queue.pop()
+    return name
+
+
+def sorted_names(queue: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Sort the names in the queue in alphabetical order and return the result.
+
+    :param queue: list - names in the queue.
+    :return: list - copy of the queue in alphabetical order.
+    """
+    return sorted(queue)