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THE BIN WAS HALF FULL AT 10PM. THE SKIP STARTED WITH 1 LONELY BOTTLE. AT NOON: 1 PERSON CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE, MAKING THE TOTAL 2 BOTTLES. AT 1PM: 2 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 2 + 2 = 4 BOTTLES. AT 2PM: 4 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 4 + 4 = 8 BOTTLES. AT 3PM: 8 PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND ADDED A BOTTLE EACH, MAKING THE TOTAL 8 + 8 = 16 BOTTLES. THEREFORE THE NUMBER OF BOTTLES IN THE BIN IS DOUBLING EVERY HOUR, AS IT WAS FULL AT 11PM, IT MUST HAVE BEEN HALF FULL AT 10PM KOLKHOZ IS 120 MILES AWAY FROM THE CITY AND THE TRUCK SHOULD TRAVEL AT 24 MILES AN HOUR. AT 30 MILES PER HOUR A TRUCK TRAVELS A MILE IN 2 MINUTES; AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, IN 3 MINUTES. AT THE LATTER SPEED THE TRUCK IS 1 MINUTE SLOWER PER MILE. TO LOSE 2 HOURS, OR 120 MINUTES, TAKES 120 MILES, WHICH IS HOW FAR THE KOLHOZ IS FROM THE CITY. AT 30 MPH, THE TRUCK WOULD COVER 120 MILES IN 4 HOURS. THE TRIP IS TO TAKE 1 HOUR LONGER, OR TO ARRIVE AT 11:00 A.M., AND CALLS FOR A SPEED OF 24 (120/5) MILES PER HOUR ROGERS COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT HIS EX-WIFE HAD BEEN SHOT UNLESS HE HAD THE GUILTY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME. THE MAID DID NOT SAY WHY SHE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. YET ROGERS' FIRST WORDS ON ENTERING THE HOSPITAL WERE, "WHO SHOT HER?" USE 4 HALF FILLED BARRELS TO FILL 2 EMPTY BARRELS. WE ARE THEN LEFT WITH 9 FULLY FILLED BARRELS, 3 HALF FILLED BARRELS AND 9 EMPTY BARRELS. EACH SON GETS 3 FULL BARRELS, 1 HALF-FULL BARREL, AND 3 EMPTY BARRELS