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BOTH WILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT. LET'S SAY THERE'S 100ML OF TEA AND 100ML OF COFFEE INITIALLY AND THE TEASPOON HOLDS 10ML OF LIQUID. AFTER TRANSFERRING 10ML OF LIQUID FROM THE TEA TO THE COFFEE CUP AND ANOTHER 10ML FROM THE COFFEE TO THE TEA CUP, THE QUANTITY WILL REMAIN THE SAME - 100ML OF COFFEE AND TEA MIX IN THE TEA CUP AND 100ML OF COFFEE AND TEA MIX IN THE COFFEE CUP. SO LET'S SAY AFTER THE MIXING IS DONE THERE IS 99ML OF TEA AND 1ML OF COFFEE IN THE TEA CUP. THE 1ML OF TEA HAS TO BE IN THE COFFEE CUP. THAT MEANS THAT THE COFFEE CUP HAS 99ML OF COFFEE AND 1ML OF TEA. IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE'S (X)ML OF TEA MISSING FROM THE TEA CUP, THEN THERE HAS TO BE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF OF COFFEE MISSING FROM THE COFFEE CUP 49 MINUTES. IT IS VERY TEMPTING TO JUST SUBTRACT THE TIMES 9:09 FROM 10:10, ETC., AND GET 61 MINUTES, OR IF YOU'RE CARELESS GET 101 MINUTES. HOWEVER, THINK OF THE TIMES CLOSEST TO ONE ANOTHER, 12:12 AND 1:01, AND YOU WILL FIND THE DIFFERENCE IS 49 MINUTES THE BOOKWORM TRAVELLED A DISTANCE OF ONE INCH AND NOT THREE INCHES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BOOKS, THE BACK COVER OF VOLUME I IS ON THE LEFT AND THE FRONT COVER OF VOLUME I IS ON THE RIGHT AND NEXT TO THE BACK COVER OF VOLUME II. LIKEWISE, THE BACK COVER OF VOLUME III IS ON THE LEFT AND THE FRONT COVER OF VOLUME III IS ON THE RIGHT. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FRONT COVER OF VOLUME I TO THE BACK COVER OF VOLUME III IS ONLY ONE INCH, WHICH IS THE THICKNESS OF VOLUME II FROM (1) AND (2), THERE ARE 6 POSSIBILITIES. POSSIBILITYABIGAILBRIDGETCLAUDIA P1COFFEECOFFEECOFFEE P2COFFEETEATEA P3TEACOFFEECOFFEE P4TEATEATEA P5TEACOFFEETEA P6TEATEACOFFEE THEN, FROM (3), P1 AND P5 ARE ELIMINATED. AND FROM (4), P2 AND P5 ARE ELIMINATED. SO BASED ON THE REMAINING POSSIBILITIES P3, P4 AND P6, WE KNOW THAT ABIGAIL ALWAYS ORDERS THE SAME DRINK (TEA) AFTER DINNER