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NO, IT DOES NOT COLLAPSE. BECAUSE IT HAS DRIVEN A HALF MILE - YOU WOULD SUBTRACT THE GAS USED FROM THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK IF 8 MONKEYS TAKE 8 MINUTES TO EAT 8 BANANAS, THEN 1 MONKEY TAKES 8 MINUTES TO EAT 1 BANANA. SO 3 MONKEYS WILL TAKE 8 MINUTES TO EAT 3 BANANAS. 1 MONKEY CAN EAT 1 BANANA IN 8 MINUTES, SO 1 MONKEY CAN EAT 6 BANANAS IN 48 (8 X 6) MINUTES. THEREFORE, 8 MONKEYS CAN EAT 48 BANANAS IN 48 MINUTES IF THE GIRLS HAD BEEN ON A STANDING TRAIN, THE FIRST GIRL'S CALCULATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECT, BUT THEIR TRAIN WAS MOVING. IT TOOK 5 MINUTES TO MEET A SECOND TRAIN, BUT THEN IT TOOK THE SECOND TRAIN 5 MORE MINUTES TO REACH WHERE THE GIRLS MET THE FIRST TRAIN. SO THE TIME BETWEEN TRAINS IS 10 MINUTES, NOT 5, AND ONLY 6 TRAINS PER HOUR ARRIVE IN THE CITY 2 HOURS. IN ONE HOUR, FRED CAN EAT 27, ALICE CAN EAT 12, AND KELLY CAN EAT 21 CHOCOLATES. A TOTAL OF 60 CHOCOLATES. THEREFORE THEY WOULD TAKE 2 HOURS TO EAT 120 CHOCOLATES