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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 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 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 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