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Exactly mate. Read it carefully and u wil find ther is no missin £1.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 22:53:15
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Yeah, i know, it's just usually i have to write these things out and stare at them for about a minute or two
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Posted: 2004-10-21 23:00:12
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but still even if you add the £2 it is only,
3*9 = £27 + £2 from assistant = £29
where is the pound?
though when you look at it the other way, ie, £25 in shop + £3 on friends + £2 on assistant it does work out correctly.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 23:05:39
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If you looked at it that way, the 3 friends actually paid 9.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 etc. etc.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 23:24:35
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god i hate maths
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Posted: 2004-10-21 23:30:00
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i still don't get it
Actually after reading Krubach post for about the tenth time i now understand
still wierd though
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Posted: 2004-10-21 23:35:12
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Its just a play in words.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 23:40:22
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Here is no missing £, everybody says 27£ + 2£ from the tip to the guy sums 29£, thats wrong, when u say 27£ the tip is already included (25£ + 2£ = 27£ right?
) so theres only 3£ left right? 3/3= 1, 1£ for each one. No missing £
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Posted: 2004-10-22 00:01:27
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@rrojas260, no, what people are saying is 3*9 = £27 as there are 3 guys paying £9 each so that is £27. Then the assistant has has £2 so that makes £29, which means that one pound is missing.
but like posted, shop keeper has £25, guys £3, assistant £2 total of £30.
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Posted: 2004-10-22 00:06:53
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Well that was explained better than I ever could. It IS just a play on words. It still manages to confound some people though which always tickles me. :-D
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Posted: 2004-10-22 02:34:11
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