Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:02 am by tartle |
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3 ladies went to a tv shop and bought a tv for £30 from a salesman. each one payed £10 each. boss says give £5 back. salesman puts £2 in his pocket and give £1 each back to the ladies. women have payed £9 each now, £9 £18 £27. salesman have put £2 in his pocket £29. Where is the other £1? |
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Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:49 pm by Trenin |
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[quote="tartle"]3 ladies went to a tv shop and bought a tv for £30 from a salesman. each one payed £10 each. boss says give £5 back. salesman puts £2 in his pocket and give £1 each back to the ladies. women have payed £9 each now, £9 £18 £27. salesman have put £2 in his pocket £29. Where is the other £1?[/quote]
You are adding what the ladies paid as actual money. They now are down 9 each - for a total of -27. Add to this the 2 in the salesman's pocket, and you have -25 which balances out with what is in the bosses pocket.
The problem here is that you are adding positive amounts to negative amounts and ignoring the sign. |
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