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GET THE ELEPHANT ONTO THE SHIP AND MARK HOW FAR DOWN IN THE WATER THE SHIP WENT. GET THE ELEPHANT OFF OF THE SHIP. THEN STACK A BUNCH OF SMALLER OBJECTS THAT WEIGH 50 POUNDS OR LESS (WEIGH USING THE SCALE) ONTO THE SHIP UNTIL IT IS PUSHED UNDER WATER BY THE SAME AMOUNT. ADD UP THE WEIGHT OF ALL OF THE SMALL OBJECTS AND THAT'S THE WEIGHT OF THE ELEPHANT 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 SPLIT THE PILLS INTO 3 GROUPS - 2 GROUPS WITH 3 PILLS EACH AND 1 GROUP WITH 2 PILLS. NOW PUT THE 2 GROUPS OF 3 PILLS ON THE SCALE. SCENARIO #1: BOTH GROUPS WEIGH THE SAME. THIS MEANS THAT THE POISONOUS PILL IS IN THE GROUP WITH 2 PILLS. SO TAKE THE 2 PILLS FROM THAT GROUP AND USE THE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE POISONOUS PILL. SCENARIO #2: ONE GROUP WEIGHS MORE THAN THE OTHER. TAKE ANY 2 PILLS FROM THIS GROUP OF 3 PILLS. IF THEY WEIGH THE SAME, THEN THE 3RD PILL IS THE POISONOUS PILL. IF THEY DON'T WEIGH THE SAME, THEN THE HEAVIER ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THE POISONOUS PILL SPLIT THE MARBLES INTO 3 GROUPS WITH 4 MARBLES EACH. PICK 2 GROUPS AND USE THE SCALE TO DETERMINE WHICH GROUP CONTAINS THE HEAVIER MARBLE. IF THE 2 GROUPS WEIGH THE SAME, THE HEAVIER MARBLE IS IN THE 3RD GROUP. ONCE THE GROUP IS DETERMINED, SPLIT THE MARBLES INTO 2 GROUPS WITH 2 MARBLES EACH. USE THE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE GROUP THAT CONTAINS THE HEAVIER MARBLE. LASTLY, USE THE SCALE TO WEIGH THE 2 REMAINING MARBLES TO DETERMINE THE HEAVIER MARBLE