austin man
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 07:43 PM |
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missing pound
so work this one out
You borrow £100 from 2 mates each lending you £50, you spend £97.00 leaving you 3 pounds change so you give each mate £1.00 back leaving you with
£1.00 so now you owe each friend £49.00 total £98.00 you have £1.00 left \Total £99.00 wheres the other quid gone
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Macbeast
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 07:49 PM |
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I have that problem all the time. These days, money doesn't go as far as it used to 
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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StevenB
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 07:59 PM |
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In real terms you only borrowed £98 (£49x2)
You spend £97 which leaves you the quid.
And since you have £1 left you only owe 1 friend £49
and the other £48 plus the £1 making £49.
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richardR1
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 08:01 PM |
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You owe each friend £49 which equals £98. You spent £97 and have £1 change yourself which equals £98. No missing pound
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scootz
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 08:03 PM |
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Your brain tricks you into thinking that the 'third' pound received in change is still relevant to the original borrowing deal. It
isn't.
It's Evolution Baby!
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blakep82
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 08:03 PM |
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the remaming 3 pounds haven't all been treated the same way, you've taken away the 2 you gave back, and added the 1 you kept, you either
take them all away and get 97, or you add them all on and got 100
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adithorp
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| posted on 6/9/11 at 08:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by austin man
so work this one out
You borrow £100 from 2 mates each lending you £50, you spend £97.00 leaving you 3 pounds change so you give each mate £1.00 back leaving you with
£1.00 so now you owe each friend £49.00 total £98.00 you have £1.00 left Total £99.00 wheres the other quid gone
You owe them the £97 you spent plus the £1 you have = £98
The quid is just the difference between what you've spent and what you owe and the mytery is just not adding up the right things.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/9/11 at 08:04 PM |
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Stop being awkward and just pay them back!
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watsonpj
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| posted on 7/9/11 at 09:12 PM |
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probably in my 8 year olds pocket 
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