Answer this!

[Shaw_ShankD]

I wonder if anyone on here can answer this question and don't use the Internet unless it starts breaking your brain here it goes:

You saw a shirt for $97.

 

You didn't have the cash, so you borrowed $50 from your mom and $50 from your dad = $100.

 

You bought the shirt and had $3 change.

 

You gave your dad $1 and your mom $1 and kept the other $1 for yourself.

 

Now you owe your mom $49 and your dad $49.

 

$49 + $49 = $98

 

+ your $1 = $99.

 

Where is the missing $1?

[Mythil]

Alright let's do this.

 

So the clothes is $97 ya? Assuming that the money from your parents are equally spent on the clothes, it will give that both are $48.50.

 

Now when you give your parents a dollar each, it means before you gave it to them you owe both $49.50. In total your debt is $99 atm.

 

And you have a dollar left which you kept. Total: $100

 

BAM

 

Math'd.

 

All in all, the amount you said you owed the parents is wrong. While you say you owe them $49, you actually owed them $48.50.

 

EDIT: Someone posted something else besides me! This is madness!

[Mythil]

Okay, since I'm bored, let's do this the other way.

 

To begin we have given both parents a dollar back, meaning the debt is at $100 total. We have a dollar.

 

Where does that dollar come from?

 

A MISTAKE IN MATH, THAT'S WHERE.

[wabuf]

Mmmkay, let's work backward:

 

They both have $0.

You have $3. (You owe both of them $50)

You pay both of them $1. (You have $1)

You still owe both of them $49; a total of $98.

 

Your shirt was only $97.

There's your dollar, bro. In your hand.

 

Still doesn't make sense? Hint: By the end, you don't owe yourself a dollar... xD (+/- switch in question).

[Mythil]

I like wabuf's answer lol.

 

Apparently I can't regurgitate what's going on in my head that well LOL

 

 

EDIT: Also, I'm an idiot.

[Shaw_ShankD]

lol yeah Wabuf's right it's supposed to be a trick question and makes you think about all the other numbers involved. I applaud you Wabuf