Tony owns a T.V shop, his nephew adam and his 2 friends enter and buy a T.V costing £30. Tony actually sells the T.V for £25 to his nephew adam, who now thinks he can make a quid or 2 from telling his frinds he got a smaller deal that he actually has got. So from the £5 left over he gives.. himself and his 2 friends £1 each back, and pockets the other £2, well that means that the 3 friends have paid £9 each with adam pocketing £2.. Well my maths aint to good, but 3 x £9 = £27 + the pocketed £2 = £29,
So where has the other £1 gone???
2006-09-20 03:20:39 · 13 answers · asked by Simmo 1981 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
It is there...
work it out again
2006-09-20 03:22:46 · answer #1 · answered by thumberlina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three people paid a total of £25 pounds, so that each paid £8.33 not £9. 8.33 x 3 = £25 + £3 +£2 = £30.
2006-09-20 04:05:02 · answer #2 · answered by Irish1952 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You subtract the two from the 27 to get the cost of the TV, 25, because it doesn't count toward the cost of the TV, it's what was given back. Then with the money given back to each of them plus the two again, you can count it now, because you are counting what is left over. you get 30.
2006-09-20 03:32:14 · answer #3 · answered by Sasha B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he paid 25 for the TV, 27-2=25
2006-09-20 03:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
error: he paid #25, and not #27..he lied he bought for #27... with the #5 left he shares #3 amonst themselves and keeps #2... there's no extra, you are combining his lies in your calculation thats why your answer of #1 extra is also a lie...chuckle... gotcha
the real calculation is #(25+3+2) = #30
2006-09-20 03:29:16 · answer #5 · answered by JBOY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A teacher of mine put this to our class in college. We racked our brains for ages trying to come up with an answer before someone finally cracked the 'solution'; the question itself is flawed - it's mathematically impossible. It's phrased in such a way that there's no correct answer.
2006-09-20 03:26:08 · answer #6 · answered by squirrellondon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he pocketed three pounds not 2 he gives himself and two friends a pound and pockets 2, thats three
2006-09-20 03:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by charlie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong math system.
The actual cost is 8.33 not 9
2006-09-20 03:24:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They paid £9.00 each making £27.00.
However the £27.00 is used to pay for the £25.00 TV, and the £2.00 in pocket.
QED.
2006-09-20 03:25:19 · answer #9 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this question ahs been on here about 20 times,no one has given a good answer yet though.
2006-09-20 03:23:06 · answer #10 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋