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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 TAKE ANY SIX PILLS AND DIVIDE THEM INTO TWO GROUPS OF THREE EACH. WEIGH PUTTING THE 3 PILLS ON EACH SIDE. IF ONE SIDE WEIGH'S HEAVIER THAN ANOTHER, THE HEAVIER SIDE CONSISTS OF THE POISONOUS PILL. FROM THE THREE PILL IN HEAVIER SIDE, WEIGH TWO PILLS. IF ONE PILL IS HEAVIER THAN ANOTHER, THE HEAVY ONE IS POISONOUS PILL. IF BOTH PILL WEIGH SAME, THE REMAINING THIRD PILL IS POISONOUS. IF ALL THE 6 PILL WEIGH THE SAME, WEIGH THE REMAINING TWO PILL AND HEAVY ONE IS POISONOUS 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 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