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Solve this riddle for me
11/11/14 at 17:45:36

I read this riddle on a bathroom wall today. It's funny how you find some things in the weirdest places. Grin

You have $0.00 in your pocket.

You borrow $50 from from each of 2 friends. You now have $100.

You go shopping and spend $97. You are given $3 in change.

From the $3 change, you give your 2 friends $1 each and keep $1 for yourself. You now owe your 2 friends $49 each.

$49 + $49 + the dollar in your pocket = $99.

Where did the other dollar go?

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AlfromNH YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 26 Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #1 - 11/11/14 at 19:12:27 I'll have to get back to you on this one.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #2 - 11/11/14 at 19:26:52 Dadgum if I know, BUT, you started out penniless and now you've got$97.00 worth of Stuff AND a dollar in your pocket. And, you're only $98.00 in debt. Hmm, you're in debt 98 bucks, you've GOT 97 in Stuff and 1 in your pocket. Interesting question..really.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #3 - 11/11/14 at 19:45:21 Kris01 wrote on 11/11/14 at 17:45:36: Where did the other dollar go? Take your diploma back to school and ask for a refund because it didn't work.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #4 - 11/11/14 at 23:42:21 Duh. I'm not real bright, but I can lift heavy things. But I can see where the dollar is.
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Reply #5 - 11/12/14 at 00:05:22

Kris01 wrote on 11/11/14 at 17:45:36:

I read this riddle on a bathroom wall today. It's funny how you find some things in the weirdest places. Grin

You have $0.00 in your pocket.

You borrow $50 from from each of 2 friends. You now have $100.

You go shopping and spend $97. You are given $3 in change.

From the $3 change, you give your 2 friends $1 each and keep $1 for yourself. You now owe your 2 friends $49 each.

$49 + $49 + the dollar in your pocket = $99.

Where did the other dollar go?

okay, so to look at this another way, each of your friends loaned you money for a $97 shirt, they split the cost = $48.50 each, but they didn't have exact change so they gave you $50 each. they gave you $3 too much for the shirt. you gave them back a dollar each of their $3 change and spent the other $1 on a scratch off ticket hoping to make enough money to never have to think like this crazy word quiz again!

you've used the money they loaned you to pay back the on that loan. effectively, they gave you $50 each, $48.50 on the shirt, each, $0.50 each on the dollar you keep = $49, and $1 each that you paid back to them, this $1 is subtracted from the $50 loaned = $49

so in effect they only loaned you $98

Shocked

now my brain hurts

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #6 - 11/12/14 at 04:18:26 It is a trick.....they are manipulating you to add the dollar in your pocket.........when you should be subtracting that dollar instead. Friend 1........$ 50 - $ 1 = $ 49 Friend 2........$ 50 - $ 1 = $ 49 -------- TOTAL..... $ 98 Your pocket (minus).......$ 1 -------- Total spent $ 97
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #7 - 11/12/14 at 04:36:29 Yea idiotic thing bugged me all evening,, First thing I wake up,, its on my mind..Pen and paper time.. wrtote it out twice,, Borrowed 100 Gave back 2,, You owe 98 And youd HAVE 98 But you bought that shirt so now you only have 1 left..
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #8 - 11/12/14 at 04:39:18 BUT,, it IS a head scratcher,, MY question is,, WHY is it a head scratcher?
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Reply #9 - 11/12/14 at 05:13:10

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/12/14 at 04:39:18:

BUT,, it IS a head scratcher,, MY question is,, WHY is it a head scratcher?

Because when the riddle is given to you....they manipulate you to think about the issue wrongly. The total paid is not the $100....it is only $97.

I did the same thing with this....but it was the 3 guys going to a hotel and paying for a $30 room.....at $10 each. Later the hotel manager decides they overpaid and sent the baggage clerk to the room to return $5 to the men. Knowing they can't divide the $5 evenly between the 3 men, the baggage clerk puts $2 in his pocket and returns $1 each to the men. The men therefore paid $ 9 each for a total of $ 27, the baggage clerk has $2, so the total is $27 + $2 + $ 29....where did the other $1 go? The proper solution is that there was not $ 30 paid...the hotel has $25, the baggage clerk has $2 ($27 total), and the 3 men have paid $9 each which is the $27 and all is accounted for.

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Reply #10 - 11/12/14 at 06:01:03

SHHH!,, Be Quiet,, Im still at 25 + 2 is 27,,,

Yea, I GET that it "Which way ya look at it".. What I Dont get is WHY is it so easy to allow the question to drive a guy away from seeing it straight in the first place.. I gotta admit,, I hadda read that first one a coupla times before I found where the error in the thinking was,, I KNEW a dollar didnt vanish,,
Had there been ANY mention of DC, or a Senator, I might NOT have been so sure a dollar Didnt Just evaporate,, they sure seem to do that around politicians and such..

But, of course I found the right answer,, But,, I just get a feeling there is a deeper understanding to be found ,, like,, you slice a weenie 24 times,, how many pieces O weenie you GOT now?

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #11 - 11/12/14 at 14:01:51 As I was traveling to St. Ives, I met a man with..... Nevermind!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5836 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #12 - 11/12/14 at 15:50:24 This is eassy : Its like everything else in todays world , it went for TAXES !
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #13 - 11/12/14 at 18:16:36 I knew I was looking at it the wrong way but I couldn't figure out where I was going wrong. Thanks guys!
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Solve this riddle for me Reply #14 - 11/12/14 at 19:23:08 Hey I don't care.... I still have the dollar in my pocket... if those guys can't figure it out... i'm good.
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