Okidoki.
For this question we shall be working in GB £'s
Here goes:
3 friends meet at a road. They each have £10 in their pocket.
At the junction of the road, they see a Car Dealers with a car on display, for sale, very cheap at £30.
They decide to buy it and put their money together.
They see the Sales Assistant to buy it and he takes their money and goes to get the keys.
As he retrieves them the Manager calls to him and informs him that the £30 car should now be sold at £25.
The assistant returns to the 3 men and tells them the car has a discount and gives each man £1 change. The other £2 (from the £5 reduction) goes in the assistants pocket as his 'cut'.
Now, the men have had £1 change, so as they started with £10, they have actually paid £9 each.
This is straightforward until you look a little closer.
3 men pay £9 each for a car. That means the car cost £27 (3 X 9 = 27).
The assistant kept £2 of the total making £29. (27 + 2 = 29)
WHO HAS THE MISSING £1.....?
2007-01-19 04:55:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
To the idiots who don't even attempt to explain the logic behind this, don't start to slate the asker because you can't find the words to explain or find half a brain cell to work it through.
That is the ultimate in ignorant aggression!
Either answer the question or don't!
2007-01-19 05:10:05 · update #1
To Flood, the LOGIC is flawed.
Try to UNDERSTAND the question before getting upset!
Can you see the point? The confusion MAKES SENSE which is what makes this SEEM confusing!
Sheesh!
2007-01-19 05:14:59 · update #2
The pound isn't missing. The logic is flawed. The assistants 2 pounds are included in the 27 pound price. The three pounds is what should be added back, since that was what was given back as change.
2007-01-19 05:00:08 · answer #1 · answered by theeconomicsguy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are just making it sound hard!! Here is why, the three men are paying 9 each because the car was 25 and 2 for the salesman equals 27. They also recieved back in change 1 each equaling 3. 27 + 3= 30. You see their is no missing money. It is a good one though. The problem causes confusion when you say they each paid 9 each + the 2 for the salesman equaling 29. That is not the case, but it is a good mislead. 25 for the car, 2 for the salesman, 1 back to each person=30 therefore nothing missing. Take care brother and good luck! I would love to see more of these type questions, they are a great mental workout..
2007-01-19 05:16:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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You seem to be slightly confused with this...
The 3 men had £10 each. The 3 men paid £9 each for the car which cost £27, of which £25 was the actual price of the car and £2 was pocketed by the assistant. So, the men were left with £1 each... Now, the £30 has been split into £25 for the car, £2 for the assistant and £1 each for the 3 men. So, No money is missing...
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2007-01-19 05:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by Preety 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The men actually paid 27 for the car, of which the 2 that goes to the assistant is included. So, in order to get the total amount of money, you would need to add in the 3 that was distributed back to the men, not the 2 to the assistant (you would be counting it twice).
2007-01-19 05:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main "trick" about this puzzle is to ignore the magic number 30. We're not concerned with that figure anymore. The ultimate number we're trying to get to now is 25, because that is now the price of the car. And simple logic in either case shows us that 27 - 2 (or 30 - 5 using the modified numbers) is equal to the new magic number of 25. The puzzle just yields a number so close to 30 that it confuses the readers into thinking that it's the number you're striving to achieve - when in fact it's 25
2007-01-19 05:04:59 · answer #5 · answered by TTGE 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is a really old brain teaser. Sometimes it's told with 3 people checking into a hotel room, but the idea's the same. The short answer is that there is no "missing" money, if you carefully follow the math and don't get misleaded by the wording. See the link below to read the explanation from the rec.puzzles newsgroup archive.
2007-01-19 05:14:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An oldie, but a goodie.
The question should really be - where on earth is that car dealership??? Even if a £30 car only lasted me a month it would be a bargain!
I remember being asked this riddle years ago and it flummoxed me, so I worked it out using real money. Hey, I was a kid at the time!
2007-01-19 05:10:58 · answer #7 · answered by smee_1972 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is the old commission trick. the actual price of the car is 27 pounds (25+2), not 25. The men give thirty pounds, get three back as change. there is no missing pound.
2007-01-19 05:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by Super G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now, firecat, before you go getting all testy, do a search on "missing dollar" and see if variations on your question don't come up a few hundred times. I am sure the majority of the folks who aren't answering your question are simply tired of seeing it.
This "brain teaser" has been around since the Stone Age.
2007-01-19 05:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Car = 25
Thieving Assistant = 2
3 Friends = 3
Total = 30
I heard this riddle when i was about 7. Its quality as it fools people all the time!
2007-01-19 05:02:13 · answer #10 · answered by ian r 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋