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15 SHIPS. AT THE MOMENT YOU TAKE OFF THERE WILL ALREADY BE 6 NEW YORK-LE HAVRE SHIPS ALREADY AT SEA, ONE DOCKING AT LE HAVRE AND ONE CASTING OFF AT NEW YORK. AT NOON OF EACH DAY OF THE VOYAGE A NEW SHIP WILL BE LAUNCHED. YOU MUST ENCOUNTER EVERY SHIP THAT WAS ALREADY AT SEA (6) AND EACH ONE THAT WAS LAUNCHED DURING YOUR VOYAGE (INCLUDING THE ONE THAT LAUNCHED AT THE SAME TIME YOU DID, SO 7 MORE). SO YOU WILL PASS 13 SHIPS AT SEA AND ALSO ENCOUNTER A SHIP THAT DOCKED AS YOU CAST OFF AND ANOTHER THAT CAST OFF AS YOU DOCKED. THE DIAGRAM BELOW WILL GIVE A CLEARER PICTURE. EACH GREEN DOT INDICATES AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SHIP IT WILL TAKE 13 DAYS TO COVER HIS GARDEN WITH TWO PATCHES OF SODS. WITH 2 PATCHES OF SODS, EACH PATCH OF SOD WILL NEED TO COVER HALF HIS GARDEN AND ONE PATCH OF SOD CAN COVER HALF HIS GARDEN IN 13 DAYS IT WAS SPOKEN ON WEDNESDAY. "WHEN THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW BECOMES YESTERDAY", LET THE DAY BE (A). LET "TWO DAYS AFTER THAT DAY" BE (B). (A) AND (B) ARE TWO DAYS APART AND EQUALLY FAR FROM SUNDAY, SO THEY MUST BE SATURDAY AND MONDAY, MEANING THE ORIGINAL DAY WAS WEDNESDAY IT WILL TAKE 198 DAYS. LET'S SAY THE TREE WAS ORIGINALLY ONE FOOT TALL. ON THE FIRST DAY, IT GREW HALF A FOOT; ON THE NEXT DAY 1⁄3 OF 11⁄2 FEET, WHICH IS HALF A FOOT; AND SO ON - IT GREW HALF A FOOT EVERY DAY. SO IN 198 DAYS, IT GREW 99 FEET, AND THEN WAS 100 FEET TALL