3 lads sharing a flat want a tv so they all put £10 each in the kitty for a £30 tv they gave this money to friend to go for it.he went and bought the tv for £25 by haggling on the way home he put £2 in his own pocket then gave the lads a £1 back each. so the lads paid £9 each. so 3x9=27 and the 2 he pocketed =29 wheres the pound
2007-01-25 02:58:15 · 8 answers · asked by mikey_mossom 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Lol made me think there!
£25 is the actual cost for the thing.
£25/3 = £8.33 each.
The haggling guy gave back a £1 each so the total is £28 or £9.33 each.
The £2 is what he put in his own pocket which makes up for the remaining £0.66 from the tenner.
You mentioned that each lad 'paid' £9 - it's actually £9.33 (what they paid was £8.33 but got the £1 back).
3 x £9.33 is £28
2007-01-25 03:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The lads came up with £10 each and each got £1 back; so they 'paid', as you say, £9 each.
Of this 3x£9=£27, £25 went to the tv seller and £2 went to the friend.
3x9=27=25+2
There is no missing £.
To get to the original £30, just add the 3x£1 the lads got back from what they paid for the TV, including the friend's 'commission':
30=27+1+1+1.
2007-01-25 22:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by ekonomix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They paid £30, of which £3 came back, £25 went to the TV shop and £2 went to the friend. The £2 he pocketed comes out of the £27 the lads paid, it's not extra money.
2007-01-25 11:20:58 · answer #3 · answered by CT 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put simply, the two pound taken by the friend is included in the twenty seven pounds. Cost 25£ +£3 repaid+2£still owed =£30.
2007-01-25 12:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lad who bought the tv had to have given himself the pound back as well as keeping the two pounds. He ended up having £3 while the other two lads had only one pound each.
2007-01-25 11:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by Alan M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tv was £25
he pocketed £2
and u say he gave the lads back £1 each = £3
that's £30
2007-01-25 11:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
simple maths coz he ended up with £3-the £2 he pocketed & another £1 when he shared out the rest
2007-01-25 11:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by alamo16584 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a cheap TV.
Didn't get it.....................?
2007-01-25 11:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by sbro 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋