They each pay £10 and leave the shop, it turns out the TV should have been £25, the sales assistant decides to pull a fast one and gives them £1 each back and keeps £2, this means they have each paid £9, 3 x 9 is £27 plus the £2 he has kept adds upto £29, what has happned to the £1???
2006-09-15 03:22:09 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
I know, i know it just depends on how you look at it, but it is a little confusing!!
2006-09-15 05:01:27 · update #1
It definately aint VAT though
2006-09-15 05:02:18 · update #2
VAT?
2006-09-15 03:25:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The £2 should be deducted from the £27 so that the shop owner gets £25, the assistant keeps £2 and the old ladies get £3 totalling the £30.
2006-09-15 17:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by David P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have each paid £9, or £27 in total. From this £27; £25 goes to the store to pay for the TV, and £2 goes in the assistants pocket. It makes no sense to add the £2 to the £27.
The real question is why didn't the assitant just keep the £5?
2006-09-15 10:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by robcraine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ultimately, the old ladies paid (10-1)x3 = £27 and NOT £25 for the TV because the £2 pounds has been stolen by the sales assistant.
2006-09-16 12:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tv was bought for £30 which is actually of £25
so the ladies have to get back £5
the sales assistant takes the £5 and distributes it as
£1 for each lady making that £3 and £2 he keeps to himself...
OR
they each paid £9 making that £9*3=£27
then the original price of the TV is only £25
and so £27-£25=£2 which the sales persons keeps to himself...
what's the confusion in it??? there's no problem of the £1....
2006-09-15 10:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by azeem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as I see there is no missing £1.
When the sales assistant takes out the £5 from the till,there is now £25 left in the till,if the assistant gives £3 back and keeps £2 the maths would be £25 + £3 + £2 which is the £30,not the way you first calculated it.
2006-09-15 10:42:21 · answer #6 · answered by danny090171 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have paid £9 each. £9x3=£27
£25 for the TV + £2 for the assistant.=£27.
There is no missing £1
2006-09-15 12:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesnt work like that. They each payed £10, and now have £1. meaning £3 taken away. The shop assistant keeps £2. £30-(£3+£2)=£25. There you go! Any way they didnt pay £9 each, They paid £10, and got £1 back!!!!
2006-09-15 10:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by xTamsynx 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
£25 for the tv and he took £2 so its adds up to £27 and not £30.
2006-09-15 10:42:29 · answer #9 · answered by katrina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have each paid £9 so in effect they have paid £27 for a £25 TV but only should have paid £8.333333333333 (recurring) each, therefore the owner has recouped £0.3333333333 (recurring) for each one, basically making up the £1 difference
2006-09-15 12:19:45 · answer #10 · answered by scrims & whine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pound has gane nowhere!! At the end of the day the women still payed £25 for the t.v all the shop keeper did was share out the £5 change.
2006-09-17 05:50:01 · answer #11 · answered by skoti2k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋