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ABEL HAS 50, BILL HAS 20 AND CLARK HAS 30. ABEL ON HIS FIRST TURN OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER HIS NUMBER IS 50 OR 10. SIMILARLY NEITHER BILL NOR CLARK CAN IMMEDIATELY FIGURE OUT THEIR NUMBERS. HOWEVER, ON HIS SECOND TURN ABEL CAN REASON: IF MINE IS A 10, THEN CLARK WOULD KNOW HIS NUMBER IS EITHER 10 OR 30. IF IT IS 10, BILL WOULD IMMEDIATELY KNOW HIS NUMBER IS 20. BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW. SO CLARK SHOULD KNOW HIS NUMBER IS 30. NOW SINCE CLARK DIDN'T KNOW, MY NUMBER MUST BE 50. WITH THIS KIND OF REASONING WE CAN ALSO RULE OUT ALL OTHER COMBINATIONS. SO [50, 20, 30] IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THIS PUZZLE THE TRAVELER ASKED, "WHICH ROAD GOES TO YOUR VILLAGE". HE WOULD THEN TAKE THE ROAD THE VILLAGER POINTED TO. IF THE MAN IS A TRUTHFUL PERSON, HE WOULD POINT TOWARDS THE TRUTHFUL VILLAGE. IF HE'S A LIAR, HE WOULD ALSO POINT TO THE TRUTHFUL VILLAGE 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 THE ANSWER TO THIS RIDDLE IS, "NO." THE REASON IS THAT THE QUESTION AT THE VERY END ASKS IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE RIDDLE AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE. SOME SAY THAT PRESSURE IS THE ANSWER, BUT THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW IT TURNS POLAR BEARS WHITE OR PANCAKES BROWN. NOTHING TURNS POLAR BEARS WHITE, ANY MORE THAN SOMETHING TURNS A WHITE PERSON WHITE, AND HEAT MAKES PANCAKES BROWN, NOT PRESSURE