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YOU WOULD NEVER FINISH IT - THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING LEFT TO READ IF YOU ONLY READ HALF OF WHAT IS LEFT EACH DAY THE TOTAL IS 2. WHEN THE BOOK ON THE LEFT IS UPSIDE DOWN THEN THE PAGE NUMBER ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS 1 AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE BOOK'S EXTREME RIGHT HAND SIDE PAGE NUMBER IS ALSO 1. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM: IF TWO BOOKS ARE STANDING SIDE BY SIDE TO EACH OTHER, PAGE 1 IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF EACH BOOK (ASSUMING YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SPINE OF THE BOOKS). TURNING THE ONE ON THE LEFT UPSIDE DOWN (WITH THE BOOK SPINE STILL POINTING OUT), BRINGS PAGE 1 TO THE LEFT SIDE. AND SO AT THE "EXTREME LEFT" OF THE BOOK ON THE LEFT IS PAGE 1, WHILE THE "EXTREME RIGHT" OF THE BOOK ON THE RIGHT IS ALSO PAGE 1 THE ELECTRICIAN STOLE THE MONEY. IF THE MAN CHECKED FOR THE MONEY BETWEEN PAGE 1 AND 2 OF THE BOOK, THEN PAGE 2 AND 3 WILL BE OPPOSITE SIDES OF A SINGLE PAGE AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD THE MONEY PAGES 6, 19, AND 20 ARE ALSO MISSING. NEWSPAPERS ARE PRINTED DOUBLE SIDED, TWO PAGES TO A SHEET. THE FIRST AND SECOND PAGES ARE ATTACHED TO THE SECOND-TO-LAST AND LAST PAGES-IN THIS CASE, PAGES 23 AND 24. THE REST OF THE PAGES ARE ATTACHED AS FOLLOWS: 1-2 WITH 23-24 3-4 WITH 21-22 5-6 WITH 19-20 7-8 WITH 17-18 9-10 WITH 15-16 11-12 WITH 13-14