A security guard reported that a thief broke into the art gallery through a narrow ventilation shaft, stole a painting, and escaped the exact same way. The detective measured the ventilation shaft opening, which was eight inches square. The detective then looked at the stolen oil painting, which was a framed canvas measuring three feet by four feet. The detective arrested the guard for staging the break-in. Why?
The painting was too large to fit through the ventilation shaft.
A framed painting measuring three feet by four feet cannot physically fit through an eight-inch square ventilation shaft.
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