Brain teaser

[scotserve]

3 flatmates decide to chip in and buy a s/h TV from a shop for £30 - so put in £10 each
The buy the TV and take it home
Later that night the owner of the shop knocks an the door and says sorry the TV should only be £25 and hands a fiver back
The flatmates think this is very honest and keep a £1 each and give the shopkeeper £2 back

So each flatmate is £9 out for the TV total ££27 and £2 to the shopkeeper - what happened to the other £1 ??

[Beautybase]

Total outlay £9 each which equals £27..£2 for shopkeeper which means total outlay £25

which means there is no lost £1

Think that's right...is it? lol

 

[Baa]

OK it took a while and lots of ink, I couldn't resist. This is a trick question as far as I can see.

3 flatmates each pay £10 but are given £5 back. That means the 3 flatmates didn't pay £9 each, they paid £8.33 recurring.

What happens is they gain £1 back each which is £3 and the final £2 is given back. This is a separate equation.

So £8.33 recurring + £3 + £2 = £30 or there abouts

The £9.00 is not part of the equation but it does settle in your head and makes you think there is a quid missing.

[scotserve]

OK it took a while and lots of ink, I couldn't resist. This is a trick question as far as I can see.

3 flatmates each pay £10 but are given £5 back. That means the 3 flatmates didn't pay £9 each, they paid £8.33 recurring.

What happens is they gain £1 back each which is £3 and the final £2 is given back. This is a separate equation.

So £8.33 recurring + £3 + £2 = £30 or there abouts

The £9.00 is not part of the equation but it does settle in your head and makes you think there is a quid missing.

Except they didnt  - the recurring figure only comes into play when they get the £5 back not befor, the recurring figure is £10 which is what they put into the pot in the first place

Lets look at it from a different angle

The all put in £10 worth of £1 coins - total £30
The shopkeeper is in receipt of the £30
The shopkeeper returns 5 pound coins to the flatmates, off which they each take one coin so their total outlay is £9, since there is 3 of the the total spent is £27 and the balance of the £5 is left with the shopkeeper which is £2

:-)

[faze3]

My Dad used to wind me up with that one when I was about 10 :-)

Alan.

[Rainee Bows]

My Dad used to wind me up with that one when I was about 10 :-)

Alan.

great thanks faze .... cos it took me ages to get that one ... how dim do i feel now!! lol


Rain
xxxx

[faze3]

 

[Baa]

Except they didnt  - the recurring figure only comes into play when they get the £5 back not befor, the recurring figure is £10 which is what they put into the pot in the first place

Lets look at it from a different angle

The all put in £10 worth of £1 coins - total £30
The shopkeeper is in receipt of the £30
The shopkeeper returns 5 pound coins to the flatmates, off which they each take one coin so their total outlay is £9, since there is 3 of the the total spent is £27 and the balance of the £5 is left with the shopkeeper which is £2

:-)

Scratch that I didn;t read it properly hence edited ...  very good!

[Grifter]

3 flatmates each pay £10 but are given £5 back. That means the 3 flatmates didn't pay £9 each, they paid £8.33 recurring.

That is the right way of thinking though. £8.33 recurring each for product and 66.66p each to shopkeeper for a tip =£27. I do like that one it does make your head spin a bit lol.

[Baa]

Yes trust me to make it more complicated 

[john]

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