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(A). NEITHER (B). A POUND OF METAL IS ALWAYS MORE THAN HALF A POUND OF THE SAME METAL. (C). SIX STROKES TOOK 30 SECONDS, THEREFORE 12 STROKES WILL TAKE 60 SECONDS. BUT WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK SIX, THERE WERE ONLY 5 INTERVALS BETWEEN STROKES, AND EACH INTERVAL WAS 30/5=6 SECONDS. BETWEEN THE FIRST AND TWELFTH STROKES THERE WILL BE 11 INTERVALS OF 6 SECONDS EACH, THEREFORE 12 STROKES WILL TAKE 66 SECONDS. (D). THERE IS ALWAYS A PLANE THAT CONTAINS ANY 3 POINTS 72 BUSES. LET'S SAY BEFORE EXPANSION, THE GARAGE CAN HANDLE X NUMBER OF BUSES. BY INCREASING THE GARAGE SPACE TO 40%, THEY WILL HAVE ROOM FOR THE 12 BUSES AFTER EXPANSION PLUS ANOTHER 12 IN THE FUTURE. SO, WE CAN COME WITH THE EQUATION: 1.4X = X + 12 + 12 SOLVING FOR X WILL GIVE 60. BY ADDING THE 12 BUSES THAT WERE STORED OUTSIDE, WE CAN GET A TOTAL OF 72 BUSES. THE GARAGE WILL HAVE ROOM FOR ANOTHER 12 BUSES FILL THE 5 OZ. AND 11 OZ. CONTAINERS FROM THE 24 OZ. CONTAINER. THIS LEAVES 8 OZ. IN THE 24 OZ. BOTTLE. NEXT EMPTY THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE BY POURING THE CONTENTS INTO THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE. FILL THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE FROM THE 5 OZ. CONTAINER (WITH 2 OZ.) AND PUT THE REMAINING 3 OZ. IN THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE. THIS LEAVES THE 5 OZ. CONTAINER EMPTY. NOW POUR 5 OZ. FROM THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE INTO THE 5 OZ. BOTTLE LEAVING 8 OZ. IN THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE. FINALLY POUR THE 5 OZ. BOTTLE CONTENTS INTO THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE GIVING 8 OZ. IN THIS CONTAINER WHEN YOU WERE INSIDE THE ROOM, THE MURDERER REPLACED THE PADLOCK WITH HIS OWN ONE THAT WAS IDENTICAL TO YOUR ORIGINAL PADLOCK. WHEN YOU LOCKED THE STORE ROOM, YOU DID NOT REQUIRE A KEY AND THERE WAS NOTHING ABNORMAL FOR YOU. WHEN YOU LEFT, THE MURDERER OPENED THE PADLOCK WITH HIS KEY, PLACED THE DEAD BODY INSIDE AND REPLACED HIS PADLOCK WITH THE ORIGINAL PADLOCK BACK IN PLACE. HE THEN LOCKED IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM