So you think you can answer this?

[aTraveller]

So wat is the right answer do u know???

yh i'll tell after a few days or hours

 

[Z.A.M]

yh i'll tell after a few days or hours

Ohhh gawd how will I go 2 sleep

 

[aTraveller]

Ohhh gawd how will I go 2 sleep

Don't you have something meaningful to do?
Go study or something

 

[Z.A.M]

Don't you have something meaningful to do?
Go study or something

Was just joke really sarcasm

 

[leosco1995]

Bleh. If I was wrong then I don't know.

Very tricky question indeed.

 

[U stalking ME]

Nice one
The last line doesnt make sense it shuld be 98 - 1 = $97 which is cost of the shirt
Now the kid borrowed $50 from each and the shirt costs $97 so 97/2 = $48.50 he paid from the $50 borrowed from each parents and therefore he got change of $3, $1 he gave to each parent and 1$ kept with him
so $97 + $3 = $100 no missing dollar end of story i hope

 

[Tayyaba Siddiqua]

$1 Is the profit of the shopkeeper!!

 

[badrobot14]

yh i'll tell after a few days or hours

I don't get, how is the 1$ missing..?? it's right there! you took 100 (50 and 50).. spent 97, kept 1 to spend later.. returned the 2.
so you owe $98 now, 97 you have spent and 1 you will later...

 

[gary221]

aTraveller
There is NO missing dollar, u r just adding up the wrong numbers!!
See, u took 50$ from Mom n 50$ from Dad, right??
Then u spent 97$ ie 48.5 $ from each...thn u gave them both 1$ back, n kept 1$ for urself,
So tht comes upto 48.5 + 48.5 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 100$!!
N hey presto!
U found the missing dollar!!!

P.S. GetSomeLife, u r right!!
No t-shirt is worth THAT much!!

 

[Artemis]

There's no missing dollar.

Shirt $97
Mom $ 1
Dad $ 1
You $ 1
Total $100

The is no extra dollar. You added the wrong numbers together to get $98 because there are really 2 extra dollars. $97 for the shirt + the $1 you kept = $98 The 2 extra dollars went back to your parents. This I believe is the correct answer?

 

[AlphaCentauri]

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+1 to your father
+1 to your mother
+1 with you
+1 which you again had to borrow from the change for yourself

So, 49*2= 98 you owe to your parents, and then later, you borrowed (or took) another $1 for yourself, so that makes $99 owed ultimately. Add the $2 you already paid, in total, you borrowed $101.

Verdict?

 

[Hemdon]

hers the thing.....u posted in XPC.....XPC has XPC bot, i thnk he/she/it might have taken the 1 dollar....

 

[multixamza01]

The shirt is worth $97
$97 + $1 you kept for yourself = $98
$98 + $2 that you gave back to your parents = $100

Problem solved .
aTraveller

 

[GetSomeLife]

The shirt is worth $97
$97 + $1 you kept for yourself = $98
$98 + $2 that you gave back to your parents = $100

Problem solved .
aTraveller

That ain't the problem dude. You HAVE to point out what's wrong in this method.

you have 3 dollar change. 1 to Mom. 1 to Dad. 1 with you.

(50-1) + (50-1) + 1 = 99

How?

 

[multixamza01]

That ain't the problem dude. You HAVE to point out what's wrong in this method.

you have 3 dollar change. 1 to Mom. 1 to Dad. 1 with you.

(50-1) + (50-1) + 1 = 99

How?

The question adds the wrong numbers to confuse the reader .

We had $100 . Spent $97 on the shirt . $3 left in change .
$97 + $3 = $100. There never was any extra dollar . You have been tricked .

Simple

 

[GetSomeLife]

The question adds the wrong numbers to confuse the reader .

We had $100 . Spent $97 on the shirt . $3 left in change .
$97 + $3 = $100. There never was any extra dollar . You have been tricked .

Simple

You just subtracted them and then added them
I already solved it but you have to explain the philosophy behind it
Maybe, you're right, too

 

[multixamza01]

You just subtracted them and then added them
I already solved it but you have to explain the philosophy behind it
Maybe, you're right, too

I am right . Google the answer if you don't believe me . This is a very old question .

 

[GetSomeLife]

I am right . Google the answer if you don't believe me . This is a very old question .

Whatever keeps you happy

 

[MustafaMotani]

aTraveller U are culprit

 

[Tayyaba Siddiqua]

I know!! Its a Math Error!!