What is IUPAC name of following compound?

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The given compound contains a seven-membered carbon ring with a principal functional group, an alcohol (-OH). Thus, the parent name is cycloheptanol. The carbon atom attached to the -OH group is numbered as C1. The substituents on the ring are an ethyl group and a methyl group. Numbering the ring to assign the lowest possible locants to the substituents yields two possibilities: clockwise gives positions 3 for ethyl and 6 for methyl, while counter-clockwise gives positions 3 for methyl and 6 for ethyl. When the set