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Thief in the Apartment
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Difficulty: (1.4)
Puzzle ID: #2262
Submitted By: silverradiance Corrected By: bigsisjune
Submitted By: silverradiance Corrected By: bigsisjune
The keeper of an apartment has reasons to believe that a thief is lurking around in his apartment. He decides to invite a detective over to his apartment for further investigation on the thief. The detective then is one day pondering in his room when a knock on the door was heard. A man walked in and said "Oops, I thought this was my room, sorry," and left. The detective immediately arrested the man. Why?
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that is a clever one.. good job
When you go to college, if you have a roommate... let's just say it's courtesy.
True CaptBob!
knew it from a book
Great -Nutty
that may be stupid, but i voted it fun
Too easy. why would he "think" it was his room, he should know.
really clever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha.. megan, some people may be absent-minded and keep going into the wrong rooms
Er... I interpreted the word "room" as meaning "room within the apartment" instead of "the apartment itself."
The detective would recognize the proper resident, having been hired by him. Presumably, the detective would have met any other proper residents of the apartment as well.
So when the detective saw a stranger inside the department, he knew right away that the stranger was an intruder, regardless of which room he's in.
Maybe it should say, "pondering in the apartment..." and "Oops, I thought this was my apartment..."
Or am I not understanding something?
The detective would recognize the proper resident, having been hired by him. Presumably, the detective would have met any other proper residents of the apartment as well.
So when the detective saw a stranger inside the department, he knew right away that the stranger was an intruder, regardless of which room he's in.
Maybe it should say, "pondering in the apartment..." and "Oops, I thought this was my apartment..."
Or am I not understanding something?
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