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Mr. and Mrs. Brown go on a trip to Switzerland. While they are gone, Mr. Jones, their travel agent, sees in a newspaper: 'Mr. Brown was killed in a ski accident.' Mr. Jones immediately calls the police and says 'Mrs. Brown killed her husband. Arrest her!'

The travel agent deduced that Mrs. Brown killed her husband because she bought only one ticket with a return flight back home. This ticket to Switzerland and back home again was for herself. For her husband, she bought only a one-way ticket to Switzerland.

Which deduction did the travel agent make? Choose 1 correct answer.

What did the travel agent  deduce? Choose 1 correct answer.

If Mrs. Brown bought only a one-way ticket for her husband, then she somehow knew that her husband would not need an airplane ticket to go back home.

If Mrs. Brown bought a ticket to Switzerland and back home only for herself, then she knew that she would go home at the end of her trip.