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THERE WERE 65 PEOPLE TO BEGIN WITH. 19 PEOPLE GETTING OFF THE TRAIN CAN BE REPRESENTED BY -19, AND 17 PEOPLE GETTING ON THE TRAIN AS +17. -19 + 17 = -2, MEANING THAT THERE WAS A NET LOSS OF TWO PEOPLE. IF THERE ARE 63 PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN NOW, THAT MEANS THERE WERE 65 TO BEGIN WITH 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 IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GUESS ONLY THREE FRUITS CORRECTLY, THE FOURTH FRUIT WILL BE CORRECT TOO! SO NOBODY HAS GUESSED THREE FRUITS CORRECTLY AND SO 10 (123 - 43 - 39 - 31 = 10) PEOPLE HAVE GUESSED FOUR FRUITS CORRECTLY 57006 PEOPLE. THE TRICK IS THAT THE WORD "DEAD" REPRESENTS A NUMBER IN HEXADECIMAL. THAT NUMBER IN BASE 10 IS 57005, AND ADDING ONE MORE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF GIVES YOU 57006