can someone help me with this quiz?

Question

there are three men who want to buy cars each costing 10 pounds.these men gave their 30 pounds to their friend who knew where to get the cars.when the friend went to where the cars were sold,the supplier of the cars gave him a discount of 5pounds since the friend had brought custormers.the friend went and gave the men their cars and also gave them one pound each from the 5% he was given.which means that the three men had bought the cars 9 pounds each hence all three cars costed 27 pounds.the friend was left with 2 pounds in his pocket.so if we say 27 pounds(money the cars were bought) plus 2 pounds in the friend's pocket that give us 29 pounds so where did the other one pound go?????????

Answer 1

He should have bought trousers with decent pockets!
There are many variations on this oldy, and its all to do with the maths and the way it is presented.
The men paid £8.333 recuring each for the cars - £30, less the £5. Add the £1 each they got back = £9.333.
£9.33 * 3 = £28 (or nearly!). Plus the £2 the scoundrel had. Or summat like that! lol

Answer 2

okay this one really got me! but this is what i think! if the supplier gave the man a 5pounds discount then the cars could not have come to 27 cause he would have only had 25 to spend but anyway if they cost 24 each and they got 1 pound each that still makes 27 but he should have 3 pound in his pocket not 2 maybe he was short changed! or it fell out of a hole in his pocket!
not much help i know if u get anywhere let me know! sorry....that will bug me for the night now!

Answer 3

The cars didnt cost £27 to the friend, they cost £25 ( £30 less £5 discount), leaving the friend with £5 in his pocket. He gave £1 to each of his friends, leaving £2 for himself.
Money split: Dealer £25
3 friends £3
friend who did deal £2
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Total £ 30

Answer 4

This riddle, in one form or another, has been around for decades.

The whole concept is flawed. 27 + 2 does indeed equal 29. However if the math is performed correctly 27 - 2 = 25, the cost of the cars. It is all based on the idea that once told a person can't get the addition concept out of their head and look at the whole problem.

Answer 5

A car for £10!!!!

I'll have some of THAT!

But it is a joke. It's all down to mis-interpreting the information and adding up the wrong things. There IS no missing pound. It is a mathematicians 'slight-of-hand'.

Each man paid £9 for their 'car'. But one of them kept £3 - the 'pound off' plus the other two pounds left over.
9+9+9+3= 30.

Tah-daaah!

Answer 6

In the men's pocket. You missed counted.

You wrote "also gave them one pound each". Since there were three men, the friend gave them a total of three pounds (one for each man) from the discount.

So the three men paid a total of 25 pounds (30 - 5 pounds of discount) + the three pounds (the friend gave) = 28 pounds.

That leaves two pounds for the friend.

Answer 7

The cars didn't cost £9 each, that was what the friend charged, the actual cost of each car was £10 - (£5/3) which is £8.333 recurring.
3 times that is £25 (£30-£5 discount)
OK?

Answer 8

the three buyers were originally going to pay £30, now the total is £25 after the £5 off.
So they are now paying £9 each, which comes to £27, but only £25 of it is going to the dealer, the other £2 is in the friends pocket

Answer 9

I noise up my 5 year olds with the same thing. I ask them how many fingers I have. They reply ten. I hold up ten fingers and then count them backwards - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, plus the five left is 11. Used car salesmen are good at that stuff...!

Answer 10

the man that brought the cars for the 3 men lost one pound in weight going back and forth to the place to get them