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1 0 : 3 6 Clue
WHEN I SPOKE, SAY IT WAS X MINUTES AFTER 10 O'CLOCK - I.E, (60-X) MINUTES BEFORE 11 O'CLOCK. 58 - X = 2(X - 25) X = 36 THEREFORE, THE TIME WAS 10:36 THE SON WILL CATCH UP WITH HIS FATHER IN 10 MINUTES. IN 10 MINUTES, THE SON WOULD HAVE TRAVELED HALF THE DISTANCE, SINCE HIS TOTAL TRAVELING TIME IS 20 MINUTES. THE FATHER STARTED 5 MINUTES EARLIER THAN THE SON, SO HE WOULD HAVE TRAVELED FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES WHEN HIS SON REACHED HIM. THEREFORE, THE FATHER WOULD HAVE ALSO TRAVELED HALF THE DISTANCE IN 15 MINUTES 66 SECONDS. WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK SIX, THERE WERE ONLY 5 INTERVALS BETWEEN STROKES, AND EACH INTERVAL WAS 6 (30/5) SECONDS. BETWEEN THE FIRST AND TWELFTH STROKES THERE WILL BE 11 INTERVALS OF 6 SECONDS EACH; THEREFORE, 12 STROKES WILL TAKE 66 SECONDS THE TIME IS 9PM (OR 21:00 HOURS) RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE 12 HOURS BETWEEN THE 2 TIMES (1PM AND 1AM), AND HALF OF THAT TIME IS 6 HOURS. SO, THE HALFWAY MARK WOULD HAVE TO BE 7PM (1PM + 6 HOURS). IF IT WAS 7PM TWO HOURS AGO, THE TIME WOULD BE 9PM NOW