Here is an odd riddle for you:
You want to purchase a shirt that costs $97, you borrow $50 from both of your parents ($100 total). You buy the shirt and have $3 leftover, you give each of your parents $1 and keep the last dollar.
Now you owe your parents $49 each, for a total of $98, including the dollar you have the total that you owe and what you have is $99.
Where is the missing dollar?
Fazz wrote: Shirt was $97, so you owe them both $48.50.but you borrowed $50, not $48.50. You pay back what you borrowed, not what the item costs.
$48.50 * 2 = $97, Then add the change and you get 100
Yoshimatsu wrote:What Fazz is saying is that you owe 48.50 for them buying the shirt for you. This equals 97 dollars. Since you borrowed 50, this leaves a buck fifty left over that you owe, so you pay back the dollar after. this equals 99. you pocketed the last 50 cents from each of them... making 100.you owe them $50. If i borrow a hundred bucks off you to buy a 10 dollar item cause all you happen to have is a hundred dollar bill, you wil get pissed really quickly when I pay you back $10, but that is correct by your logic above. I'm not disputing your answer, just your method
Shirt = 97 dollars.
Parents = 48.50 per person for the shirt.
You = Borrow 50 dollars per person. 1.50 over what you need.
Remaining = 1.50 for each person. 1.50 * 2 = 3
97+3=100.
Fazzy was right
