there is 3 student and they buying a tv and tv is 30pounds so each student give 10pounds so they got tv but then manager find out that its 25pounds so he gives that 5pounds to his worker to give it back to them three student but the worker takes 2 pounds and give 1 pound back to each student so that means each student payed 9pounds
so 9X3=27
AND WORKER TOOK 2 POUNDS
SOO THATS ADDS UP TO 29
WHERE DID THAT 1POUND GO
IF YOU ANSWER THIS YOUR GENIUS
Everyone coming up with solution such as:
It's a trick of misdirection by adding or subtracting at the wrong times. The worker's 2 pounds should not be ADDED to the students' 27pound number, it should be subtracted.
27-2=25pounds, the amount the manager charged for the TV.
Think of it this way: how much money each individual actually has in his pocket.
3students have 30, then 0 as the manager has 30. He realizes he overcharges, so then the worker has 5, the manger 25, and students still 0. When the worker hands them each a pound, the equation now looks like this:
3students = 3pounds total
worker = 2 pounds total
manager = 25 pounds total
All adds up to 30. No missing pound.
The students did indeed pay 27, but as the manager has 25 you need to subtract the worker's two pounds, not add.
Another example
each student still payed 10 pounds but the price was 5 more than it was supposed to be. so the manager gives his worker 5 pounds to give back to the students. so he takes 2 out of that 5. it still = 25 but then each kid gets 1 pound back....if it was 25 pounds and 3 kids were splitting the price evenly then they would not be paying 9 pounds each. one kid would pay 9 and the other two would be paying 8. (8+8+9 = 25). with the other 2 left over going to the worker who took it....it all adds up to 27 pounds. (the other 3 were given back to the kids)
8+8+9+2+3 =30!
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2007-11-25
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