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Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit |
Schedule of net income per common and subordinated unit | The Partnership’s calculation of net income per limited partner unit for the periods indicated is as follows (in thousands, except per unit data):
|  | Three months ended March 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2017
Net income |  | $ | 42,918 |  |  | 75,091
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to incentive distribution rights |  |  | (1,850) |  |  | (11,553)
Limited partner interest in net income |  | $ | 41,068 |  |  | 63,538
Net income per limited partner unit - basic and diluted |  | $ | 0.23 |  |  | 0.35
Weighted average limited partner units outstanding - basic |  |  | 176,154 |  |  | 183,033
Weighted average limited partner units outstanding - diluted |  |  | 176,160 |  |  | 183,447

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