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GOLD IS WEIGHED IN TROY OUNCES OR TROY POUNDS, WHERE THERE ARE ONLY 12 TROY OUNCES PER TROY POUND. THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT SPECIFIED ON THE BRIDGE WILL BE USING THE NORMAL IMPERIAL SYSTEM FOR MEASURING WEIGHT, WHERE THERE ARE 16 POUNDS TO AN OUNCE. BECAUSE OF THIS 36 POUNDS OF GOLD (WEIGHED USING THE TROY SYSTEM), WILL ONLY WEIGH ABOUT 29 STANDARD IMPERIAL POUNDS. THIS MEANS THAT HER TOTAL WEIGHT, INCLUDING BOTH GOLD BARS, IS LESS THAN 130 POUNDS. AN ALTERNATIVE ANSWER WOULD BE: THE GIRL WOULD SIMPLY THROW ONE OF THE GOLD BARS UP IN THE AIR WHILE HOLDING THE OTHER IN A JUGGLING MANNER. THUS, SHE WOULD NEVER BE HOLDING MORE THAN 118 POUNDS AS LONG AS SHE THREW THE OPPOSITE BAR UP BEFORE SHE CAUGHT THE OTHER HE WILL HAVE 25 COCONUTS WITH HIM AT THE END. THE TRICK IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SACKS AS YOU PASS CHECKPOINTS. THE FIRST 10 CHECKPOINTS REQUIRE 3 COCONUTS EACH, WHICH EMPTIES HIS FIRST SACK. THE NEXT 15 CHECKPOINTS REQUIRE 2 COCONUTS EACH, WHICH WILL EMPTY HIS SECOND STACK. NOW, HE IS LEFT WITH 1 SACK AND 5 MORE CHECKPOINTS. SO, THE 5 CHECKPOINTS WILL TAKE 1 COCONUT EACH. THEREFORE, HE WILL BE LEFT WITH 25 COCONUTS THE MAN SAID, "MY HEAD WILL BE CHOPPED OFF." IF THE MAN SAID THE STATEMENT WAS FALSE, THE YOUNG MAN'S HEAD WOULD BE CHOPPED OFF, MAKING THE STATEMENT TRUE. IF THE MAN SAID THE STATEMENT WAS TRUE, THE YOUNG MAN WOULD BE STRANGLED TO DEATH, THUS MAKING IT FALSE MIKE COOPER IS THE CULPRIT. WE CAN EXCLUDE MARTIN FROM OUR INVESTIGATIONS AS HE WAS THE VICTIM. TERRY SINGER POSSESSES AN ORANGE CAR. THE THIEF POSSESSES A BLUE CAR, THUS TERRY SINGER CANNOT BE THE CULPRIT. THE SUSPECT WHO OWNS A BLUE CAR WAS WEARING PURPLE SHOES. THE SUSPECT WHO WEIGHS 190 POUNDS WAS WEARING PURPLE SHOES. THE SUSPECT WHO WEIGHS 190 POUNDS IS NOT THE ONE WHO HAS BLACK HAIR. THEREFORE, ONE SUSPECT WAS WEARING PURPLE SHOES, POSSESSES A BLUE CAR, WEIGHS 190 POUNDS, AND IS NOT THE ONE WHO HAS BLACK HAIR. BUT JIM CONDON WAS WEARING BROWN SHOES, SYLVIAN BOGARD HAS BLACK HAIR, JONAH JAMESON WEIGHS 210 POUNDS, AND TERRY SINGER POSSESSES AN ORANGE CAR. THEREFORE, THE ONLY SUSPECT WHO COULD BE THIS SUSPECT IS MIKE COOPER. AS MIKE COOPER, OWNS A BLUE CAR AND THE THIEF OWNS A BLUE CAR, HE IS DEFINITELY THE THIEF