Train synchronize relativity problem

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Consider four clocks at different locations in train: A and D at two ends, B and C midway between the center and A and D respectively. How can a people standing at the center of the train synchronize all four clocks with a mirror M which he can install beforehand at arbitrary positions inside the train?
 
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any comments/ idea?

I have been thinking this for a day but have no direction...

thanks...
 
To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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