You want to buy a shirt but it is $97 and you do not have enough money. You borrow $50 from a friend and $50 from a relative. You buy the shirt for $97 dollars and have $3 left. You owe each one $50 but you give $1.00 to your friend and $1.00 to your relative. You keep one dollar for yourself. You still owe each one $49.00 a piece. $49+$49 = $98 and you still have $1 which equals $99. What happened to the other dollar
You owe both $49 which equals $98. I added the $1 that is kept which adds to $99. There is still $1 missing.
here's how it should go: I know this is a fun little mind tricker but it feels like i'm getting tricked out of a dollar so I'm taking it pretty seriously. I get the feeling I'm going to be viewed an ass for this.
If you bought a 99 dollar shirt and had a dollar left over you wouldn't say "oh I owe them 50 a piece which makes 100 plus that dollar i had left over, i owe them that too" cuz that's illogical, you borrowed 100 dollars, not 101. (in my best billy madison voice) Got anymore brain busters?
yeah, if we're going to be taking the question seriously it's basically what ^he said. there's no reason for you to add the dollar. you borrowed $98 and have $1 left after making your $97 purchase. the question is like saying 6/3=2 and 2+3=5, so what happened to the 1 difference between 5 and 6?
That was exactly how my son answered it when I distracted him with it. The great thing about using this math riddle on him is he was in a bad mood and yelling at me and I made him completely forget his bad mood by changing the subject with this.
I admit, I hated you for a couple minutes there. But yeah, the problem is that you're adding what you have onto your debt, when it has no part of that sum. 49+49=98, -1 (which you kept) = 97, 97=the price of the shirt.
You paid $97 for your shitty overpriced shirt, and you still have $1. $97 + $1 = $98 You still owe your friends $49 each. $49 + $49 = $98 $98 = $98 Duh.
