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1 OF THEM IS HONEST AND 99 OF THEM ARE LIARS. ONE OF THEM IS HONEST SATISFYING THE FIRST PIECE OF INFORMATION. FOR THE SECOND STATEMENT TO BE TRUE, THE REMAINING POLITICIANS HAVE TO BE LIARS 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 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 TOM WINS AGAIN. IN THE FIRST RACE TOM RAN 100 METERS IN THE TIME IT TOOK HARRY TO RUN 95 METERS. SO IN THE SECOND RACE WHEN HARRY IS AT THE 95 METER MARK TOM WILL ALSO BE THERE (SINCE 100 - 5 = 95). SINCE TOM IS FASTER HE WILL PASS HARRY IN THE LAST 5 METERS OF THE RACE