Question

A shopkeeper once found that a bag money had been stolen from his shop. He went to the judge and tell him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the shop to come before them. He took a large amount of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each person. Then he said, "Come after me again tomorrow. I'll then know which of you are the thief because the stick given to a thief will be one inch longer than the others. " The next day,the people came to the judge,and he found one stick was more shorter than any of the other. Of course,the person which had the shortest stick was the thief.

Answer 1

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had been stolen from his shop. He went to the judge and tell him about his loss. The judge ordered all the 

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 people of the shop to come before them. He took a

 him 

large amount of sticks of equal length and gave one

 number 

stick to each person. Then he said, "Come after

 before

 me again tomorrow. I'll then know which of you are

 is 

the thief because the stick given to a thief will be

 the 

one inch longer than the others. ” The next day,the people came to the judge,and he found one stick was.(或more ) shorter than any of the much other . Of course,the person which had the shortest 

others who

 stick was the thief.