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IN 60 DAYS. IF ONE CLOCK GAINS A MINUTE A DAY (OR LOSES, THE MATH WILL BE THE SAME), IT WILL GAIN 24 MINUTES THE FIRST DAY, 48 MINUTES BY THE END OF THE SECOND, AND 120 MINUTES AFTER 5 DAYS. THIS MEANS IN TEN DAYS IT WILL GAIN 4 HOURS AND IN 20 DAYS, 8 HOURS. THIS TIMES 3, TO MAKE IT 24 HOURS, WILL REQUIRE 60 DAYS. THE OTHER CLOCK RUNNING BACKWARD WILL TELL THE SAME TIME AS THE NORMAL CLOCK EVERY 24 HOURS, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE PUZZLE IT WILL TAKE 2 HOURS TO MEET. METHOD 1: IGNORE THE SPEED OF THE STREAM, AS THE BOBBER WILL BE CARRIED ALONG AT THREE MILES PER HOUR AS WILL YOU. IT TAKES TWO HOURS TO TRAVEL FOURTEEN MILES, AT A RATE OF SEVEN MILES PER HOUR. METHOD 2: AS THE BOBBER TRAVELS AT 3 MPH, IT WILL BE SIX MILES CLOSER TO YOU IN TWO HOURS. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE BOBBER BECOMES 8 MILES (14 - 6). IN TWO HOURS YOU WOULD HAVE TRAVELLED 8 ( (7-3) X 2 ) MILES FOR THE TRAIN TO PASS COMPLETELY THROUGH THE TUNNEL, IT MUST TRAVEL 2 MILES. AFTER 1 MILE TRAVEL, THE TRAIN WOULD BE COMPLETELY IN THE TUNNEL, AND AFTER ANOTHER MILE IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY OUT AND SINCE THE TRAIN IS TRAVELING AT 1 MILE A MINUTE, IT WILL TAKE 2 MINUTES TO PASS THROUGH THE TUNNEL 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