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  • Jul 16, 2012, 05:32 AM
    chester1097
    Very hard math problem
    A boy wanted to buy a shirt that costs 97.00

    he asked mom to give him 50 and also to his dad 50

    he bought the shirt

    he have change of 3

    he gave one to mom, one to dad and he keep the other one to himself

    so he only have 49 to credit to mom and 49 credit to dad


    49 + 49 + 1 = 99

    the problem is where is the other one !

    "sorry for my english please help me this one s my mind"
  • Jul 16, 2012, 05:49 AM
    ebaines
    This same problem (or slight variants to it) has been asked multiple times in the past couple of weeks. The correct math is: money from mother + money from father =- amount spent on shirt + $1 the boy kept:

    (50-1) + (50-1) = 97 +1.

    Note that this can be rearranged to be in similar form to the question posed, except hat the sign before the 1 is negative:

    49+49-1 = 97.

    Or alternatively it you want an equation that adds to the original $100 you can do this:

    Amount originally borrowed from both parents = amount spent on shirt plus amount returned to parents plus $1 kept by the boy:

    2 x 50 = 97 + 2x1 + 1.

    The question posed (49 + 49 +1 = 99) is mixing up the net amount of money borrowed from the parents with the money kept by the boy and ignores what was paid for the shirt. It's a misdirection intended to confuse people who don't think it through.

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