Mrs. Smith was in the middle of baking cookies (one of her favorite rainy day activities) when she had to stop for an appointment. When she returned, the floor was covered with flour and some of the cookies were gone. Her two sons admitted eating a few cookies, but denied making the mess. This problem can be solved by the deductive process, which includes the relevance of the facts and the sequence in which they occurred

If she were to wonder she could look for certain clues

Explanation:

There could be a few explanations as to why the kitchen was covered with flour

First could be that the door was left open and animals that are interested in food or shelter could come in and find the flour

Second it could have been caused by an open window that let in very strong wind enough to knock over the flour

And lastly, it could have been the boys lying to their mom and they indeed accidentally knocked over the bag of flour while trying to get to the cookies.

To solve her issue Mrs Smith could look for animal prints, an open window or missing cookies and child's prints.