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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 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 YES, THE 499TH PAGE IS TRUE. IT SAYS "EXACTLY 499 PAGES IN THIS BOOK ARE FALSE." WITH THIS PAGE TRUE, THE OTHER 499 PAGES ARE FALSE, FULFILLING THE STATEMENT 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