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IF 8 MONKEYS TAKE 8 MINUTES TO EAT 8 BANANAS, THEN 1 MONKEY TAKES 8 MINUTES TO EAT 1 BANANA. SO 3 MONKEYS WILL TAKE 8 MINUTES TO EAT 3 BANANAS. 1 MONKEY CAN EAT 1 BANANA IN 8 MINUTES, SO 1 MONKEY CAN EAT 6 BANANAS IN 48 (8 X 6) MINUTES. THEREFORE, 8 MONKEYS CAN EAT 48 BANANAS IN 48 MINUTES ONCE THE WATER IS BOILING, TURN THE THREE-MINUTE TIMER AND FIVE-MINUTE TIMER OVER. WHEN THE THREE-MINUTE TIMER RUNS OUT, PUT THE EGG IN THE BOILING WATER. WHEN THE FIVE-MINUTE TIMER RUNS OUT, TWO MINUTES HAVE ELAPSED AND IT IS TIME TAKE THE EGG OUT OF THE WATER. YOU DON'T NEED THE FOUR-MINUTE TIMER FOR THIS RIDDLE 2 HOURS. IN ONE HOUR, FRED CAN EAT 27, ALICE CAN EAT 12, AND KELLY CAN EAT 21 CHOCOLATES. A TOTAL OF 60 CHOCOLATES. THEREFORE THEY WOULD TAKE 2 HOURS TO EAT 120 CHOCOLATES THE TIME IS 6AM. FOR EVERY 1 HOUR THAT HAS PASSED, THE CLOCK WILL ONLY SHOW 36 MINUTES AS IT WILL LOSE 24 MINUTES. WHEN THE CLOCK WAS SHOWING 3AM, 180 CLOCK MINUTES HAVE PASSED SINCE MIDNIGHT. THIS MEANS THAT 300 (180/36 X 24 MINUTES + 180 MINUTES) REAL MINUTES HAVE PASSED WHEN THE CLOCK WAS SHOWING 3AM. SINCE THE CLOCK STOPPED 1 HOUR AGO, ANOTHER 60 MINUTES HAVE PASSED. THEREFORE A TOTAL OF 360 MINUTES HAVE PASSED. SINCE 360 MINUTES = 6 HOURS, THE TIME IS 6 HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT