tosspot Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Three students decide to rent a house together the house is unfurnished, so getting their priorities in order they decide first to purchase a television so off the go to the second hand TV shop, upon where they find a 24 inch colour one for £30 great they said £10 each and it's ours, so they pay their money and take the telly a couple of minutes later the shop owner realises that he had overcharged them as that particular model was on special offer and was only £25 so he gives the errand boy £5 and tells him to catch the students and re-imburse them the lad gets 100 yards down the road and thinks to himself i can make out of this, and pockets £2 of the money, then catches the students and gives them back the other £3 so here are the facts each student parted with £10 equalling £30 (agreed ) each student received £1 back, they now have spent £9 each, (agreed ) so they have now spent £27 (agreed ) the lad from the shop has £2 in his pocket (agreed ) this now equals £29 (agreed ) so where is the other £1? answers on a postcard please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewyjack.22 Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 A mate baffled us all with this one last sunday down the pub its a strange one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Easy i got it within 60 seconds of reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigger tosspot Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 COULD YOU LET ME KNOW WHERE THE SHOP IS ? £25 FOR A COLOUR TV ? BARGAINS GALORE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossM Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 BODMAS The laws of Mathematics Bracket Over Division Multplication Addition Subraction Its all about the order in which you do the maths!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white fox Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Yes - you are doing the maths wrong There is no other £1 You are adding the lads £2 to the students total outlay of £27 to get your £29, when in fact you should be subtracting it, to give the amount the shop guy wanted £25 WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 The summation is wrong,the students have paid £30 but the errand boy has a£5 for them so they have in fact paid £25 or £8.3333333333 (recurring) each,not £8 each as supposed. Scumbag errand boy then gives them £1 each = £9.3333333333 (recurring) each and pockets £2. £9.333333333® x3=£28+£2=£30.............basic m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Not quite There is no missing £1. Here goes - It's no longer a £30 telly - it's a £25 telly. But the students have paid £27 for (3x£9) and the lad has pocketed the extra £2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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