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YES. HE TOOK AS MUCH TIME FOR THE SECOND HALF OF HIS TRIP AS THE WHOLE TRIP WOULD HAVE TAKEN ON FOOT. SO NO MATTER HOW FAST THE TRAIN WAS, HE LOST EXACTLY AS MUCH TIME AS HE SPENT ON THE TRAIN. HE WOULD HAVE SAVED 1⁄30 OF THE TIME BY WALKING ALL THE WAY HE JUST DOESN'T TAKE THE BET. THIS GIVES HIM A 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF GETTING THE MONEY HOME. IF HE TAKES THE BET WITH 1 DIE, HE HAS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINNING. IF HE TAKES THE BET WITH 2 DICE HE HAS ABOUT A 56 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINNING. IF HE TAKES THE BET WITH 3 DICE HE HAS ABOUT A 42 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINNING THE IDOLS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: GOD OF DIPLOMACY, GOD OF FALSEHOOD, GOD OF TRUTH. THE GOD OF TRUTH IS NOT SEATED ON THE LEFT BECAUSE HE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH WHEREAS THE IDOL ON THE LEFT REPLIED THAT THE GOD OF TRUTH IS SEATED AT THE CENTRE. THE GOD OF TRUTH IS ALSO NOT SEATED IN THE CENTRE AS HE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH BUT THE IDOL AT THE CENTRE REPLIED THAT THE GOD OF DIPLOMACY IS SEATED AT THE CENTRE. THEREFORE, THE GOD OF TRUTH IS SEATED ON THE RIGHT. AS GOD OF TRUTH IS SEATED ON THE RIGHT, AND HE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH, THEN THE THE GOD OF FALSEHOOD IS SEATED AT THE CENTRE. THE GOD OF DIPLOMACY IS SEATED ON THE LEFT AND HE HAS LIED THE TRAIN IS ABOUT TO LEAVE AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE TRAIN. THE AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN TO TRAVEL TO THE HALFWAY POINT AT 15 MILES AN HOUR IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN TO REACH THE TRAIN STATION WHEN TRAVELLING TO THE RAILROAD STATION AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S ASSUME THAT THE DISTANCE TO TRAVEL IS 30 MILES. WHEN TRAVELLING AT 30 MILES AN HOUR, IT TAKES 1 HOUR. WHEN TRAVELLING AT 15 MILES AN HOUR, IT WILL ALREADY TAKE 1 HOUR TO REACH THE HALFWAY POINT