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Stanley, who works for the rail system shown in Fig. 37.5, has carefully synchronized the clocks at all of the rail stations. At the moment that Stanley measures all of the clocks striking noon, Mavis is on a high-speed passenger car traveling from Ogdenville toward North Haverbrook. According to Mavis, when the Ogdenville clock strikes noon, what time is it in North Haverbrook? (i) Noon; (ii) before noon; (iii) after noon.
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