You see a shirt for £97 pound,
You don't have the money so you borrow £50 Off your mum, And £50 off your Dad. You pay for the shirt, and give £1 back to your Mum & a Pound back to your Dad. You keep the other Pound, So now you owe them £49 each.
£49+£49=£98... You kept a pound, where does the other pound come from?!
It got me confused...
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13-02-2012, 09:58 PM #1
This will make you think!
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13-02-2012, 10:08 PM #2
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I wouldn't pay £97 for a shirt.
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13-02-2012, 10:13 PM #4
There is no missing pound.
You've already paid back 1 pound each to your parents so the total debt should only add up to 98, and it does.
You owe your mum £49 and your dad £49 and you have 1 pound + a shirt.
The '+ your £1' bit is the part in there to confuse you.
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13-02-2012, 10:33 PM #5
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Lol confused me at first! This should make it seem less confusing
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+100 (50 from mum, 50 from dad)-97 (for the shirt)
-1 (you keep)
-1 (to mum)
-1 (to dad)
= 0 left.
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That's not the point, though. You owe your parents £49 each after giving them both £1 back, which is £98 altogether and the £1 you kept brings that to £99, hence the 'missing' pound.
Originally Posted by Mr-Trainor
Lol confused me at first! This should make it seem less confusing:
+100 (50 from mum, 50 from dad)-97 (for the shirt)
-1 (you keep)
-1 (to mum)
-1 (to dad)
= 0 left.
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13-02-2012, 10:53 PM #7
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You've confused me again Originally Posted by Neversoft
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You borrowed £100. You paid £2 back, which means you now owe £98. The £97 t shirt and the £1 you kept also adds up to £98.
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Yeah, the mistake here is trying to add the two £49 and the £1 together to make £100 when you're actually taking £1 away from the two £49 to make £97
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It's called interest.
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16-02-2012, 05:59 PM #10
Owe: 100 Spent: 97 3pound left. Give your mum 1pound Dad one pound. You keep a pound.
theygiveyou 98, you spend 97 and keep 1. Balences out
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