title: Calculating Run time of a program in clock cycles
body: <p>If an assembly program is as follows:</p>
  
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  <p>Would one be correct in saying that there is 74 clock cycles?
  Where my confusion arises is where it says  16 (Back) or 4 (Forward) clock cycles. In my case how i got 74 clock cycles was i just added up every clock cycle. Both back and forward ones. Struggling to find any info on this topic so any input would help.</p>