you are trying to buy a dress from a store and then you borrowed two 50 bucks from two of your friends...so its now 100....the price of the dress is 97....and you got the change of 3 bucks....then you gave the your two friends 1.50 bucks.....when you add that all the sum will be 99.50....where did the .50 go??
2007-09-19 14:23:49 · 12 answers · asked by 08franz 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Where did the .50 cents go?
you are trying to buy a dress from a store and then you borrowed two 50 bucks from two of your friends...so its now 100....the price of the dress is 97....and you got the change of 3 bucks....then you gave the your two friends 1.50 bucks.....when you add that all the sum will be 99.50...
the problem is from the 3 bucks that you will get as a change.....you will give your 2 friends 1 each....and then the last one will remain to you....then you will divide the 1 bucks from two of you friends ...
so
friend 1:50bucks-1-.50=48.50
friend 2:50bucks-1-.50=48.50
2007-09-19 15:25:03 · update #1
This looks like a failed attempt to ask the old hotel puzzle again.
If you add the bits together you get $97 + $1.50 + $1.50 = $100. If you're really getting $99.50 somehow, say how, because I can't see a plausible way.
2007-09-19 14:28:14 · answer #1 · answered by Scarlet Manuka 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you meant borrowed $2.50 from the friends.
That would mean that you originally had $97.50, fifty cents more than the cost of the dress. So, in effect you gave your friends the 50 cents you had in the first place.
$97.50 + $2.50 (from friends) = $100
$100 - $97 (for the dress) = $3
2007-09-19 14:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by SoulDawg 4 UGA 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow, you just totally messed this up. You didn't even say it right. Look at your example. 97 +1.50 + 1.50 = 100. What is the problem here?
2007-09-19 14:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by John L 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
100 / 2 = 50 cent ( 1 )
97 / 2 = 48.5 cent ( 2 )
3 / 2 = 1.5 cent ( 3 )
1 = 2 +3
2007-09-19 14:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't understand your problem:
the dress=97 + one friend=1.50 + other friend=1.50 = 100
So what did you do to get to 99.50 ?!?
2007-09-19 14:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by Mihaela-Tatiana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
97 + 1.50 + 1.50 = 100
There is no missing $.50
2007-09-19 14:30:00 · answer #6 · answered by joem 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question does not make sense:
50 + 50 = 100
100 - 97 = 3
1.50 + 1.50 = 3
100 - 1.50 - 1.50 = 97
97 + 1.50 + 1.50 = 100
There is no missing money.
2007-09-19 14:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the price of the dress is $97.00
Each friend gets $1.50
Total $1.50 + $1.50 = $3.00
The sum is still $100.00
2007-09-19 14:32:06 · answer #8 · answered by Christine P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you wrote makes no sense concerning the question.
I guess 50 cent went and recorded a new song.
2007-09-19 14:29:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought its about 50 cents band
2007-09-19 14:28:12 · answer #10 · answered by Theta40 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋