you didnt take the trolley back, thats where ya quid is
You are in a shop, and you see a snazzy pair of jeans for £97.
You have no money on you though, so you borrow £50 from person 1 and £50 from person 2.
You are left with £3, so you give £1 to person 1, and £1 to person 2 and you keep £1.
So you owe your two friends in total 49 x 2 = £98
You have £1 so that's £99.
So where has the other pound gone...?
Mathematically speaking, you're just adding the pound on the wrong side of the equation.
To take it a step further:
You pay them back their £49 each then that's -£98 for you
But you still have the £1
So you've paid £97 for the jeans.
Which is right.
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Yes, but you only Borrow £98.
The Vaule of the goods is £97.
So you borrow £98, leaving the pound left over for yourself.
It's like the old playground riddle.
Look I have 11 fingers, (counting down the fingers on one hand) 11,10,9,8,7,6. And 5 on the other hand makes 11!!
Maths doesn't work like this.
It's like the old playground riddle.
Look I have 11 fingers, (counting down the fingers on one hand) 11,10,9,8,7,6. And 5 on the other hand makes 11!!
Maths doesn't work like this.
Anyone considering spending £97 on a pair of jeans deserves to be fleeced.
How about this for a maths riddle...
I spend £30 on a book Travel Vouchers prior to the Doncaster Game.
I attend all home games and do not have my voucher collected/checked once.
Friends attend all games but they did not buy vouchers so spend £0
Where has my £30 gone?
Yeah quite right you start at ten. It was a long time ago!How do you count 6 (11 to 6) on the first hand though? If I wanted to perform this riddle how do I do the first part?
I think I know where you're coming from and there are lots of examples of this, it was nick-named lamp-post theory in my day.. the difference between gaps and digits.
Yeah quite right you start at ten. It was a long time ago!
It's like the old playground riddle.
Look I have 10 fingers, (counting down the fingers on one hand) 10,9,8,7,6. And 5 on the other hand makes 10!!
Maths doesn't work like this.