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I'm pretty sure some of you guys have seen this question or heard of it.

There's a shirt for $97 dollars, so you borrow $50 from your mum and $50 from your dad, you have $100.
You buy the shirt with $3 left, $1 dollar goes to your mum and $1 to your dad so you have $1 left.
Now you owe your Mum $49 and your dad $49 and you have $1 yourself.

What happened to the missing $1?
 

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there is no missing dollar.. if you give that dollar back to mum you will owe her 48 and your dad will stay at 49.. ..............49+48=97 ... the shirt is...97

gl with 90+ in mx2
 

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there is no missing dollar.. if you give that dollar back to mum you will owe her 48 and your dad will stay at 49.. ..............49+48=97 ... the shirt is...97

gl with 90+ in mx2
Lol that isn't even maths its common sense. But good question though
 
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there is no missing dollar.. if you give that dollar back to mum you will owe her 48 and your dad will stay at 49.. ..............49+48=97 ... the shirt is...97

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*Facepalm* You borrow a total of 100. You have 3 dollars change, you give 1 dollar to your mum and 1 dollar to your dad so you have 1 dollar left. You owe your mum 49 and dad 49 and you have 1 dollar left, 49+49+1 = 99.
 

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*Facepalm* You borrow a total of 100. You have 3 dollars change, you give 1 dollar to your mum and 1 dollar to your dad so you have 1 dollar left. You owe your mum 49 and dad 49 and you have 1 dollar left, 49+49+1 = 99.
It's not 49+49+1 = 99, it's 49+49-1 = 97 because the one dollar is subtracted off the loan you owe to your parents
 

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I'm pretty sure some of you guys have seen this question or heard of it.

There's a shirt for $97 dollars, so you borrow $50 from your mum and $50 from your dad, you have $100.
You buy the shirt with $3 left, $1 dollar goes to your mum and $1 to your dad so you have $1 left.
Now you owe your Mum $49 and your dad $49 and you have $1 yourself.

What happened to the missing $1?
What missing dollar? Why should the sum of the debt you have to your parents and the amount of money in your wallet be 100?
 

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*Facepalm* You borrow a total of 100. You have 3 dollars change, you give 1 dollar to your mum and 1 dollar to your dad so you have 1 dollar left. You owe your mum 49 and dad 49 and you have 1 dollar left, 49+49+1 = 99.
Why is it facepalm? render is right.
 

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there is no missing dollar.. if you give that dollar back to mum you will owe her 48 and your dad will stay at 49.. ..............49+48=97 ... the shirt is...97

gl with 90+ in mx2
hahaha
 

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I'm pretty sure some of you guys have seen this question or heard of it.

There's a shirt for $97 dollars, so you borrow $50 from your mum and $50 from your dad, you have $100.
You buy the shirt with $3 left, $1 dollar goes to your mum and $1 to your dad so you have $1 left.
Now you owe your Mum $49 and your dad $49 and you have $1 yourself.

What happened to the missing $1?
There is no missing dollar. You know this. What are you doing?
 

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