Isaac gives $100 to his friend Doug to buy narcotics. An undercover officer arrests him before Doug can hand over his imitation drugs. Doug, unbeknownst to all of his buyers, does not actually sell narcotics, but sells baking soda instead. This is an example of ______.
A) factual impossibility
B) inherent impossibility
C) abandonment
D) legal impossibility

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Factual impossibility occurs when a person intends to commit a crime, and an extraneous circumstance unknown to the person prevents the completion of the crime. In this case, Isaac intends to buy narcotics, but the fact that the substances are actually baking soda (an extraneous circumstance) prevents the crime from being completed as intended.

Isaac Gives $100 to His Friend Doug to Buy Narcotics