Help with simple math problem .

Let’s go through the question once again

The actual price of the shoe is $15 ( maths doesn’t care about the profits she could have made )

Customer handed $50, She got the change from her neighbor and handed $29 to the Customer

But as we all know the money was counterfeit…

Total profit to the Customer = $15 + $29 = $44

Total money Helen lost = $15 + $29 + ($50 – $21) = $15 + $29 + $29 = $73

(she still has $21 from the $50 change she got from her neighbor)

Total money she lost = $73

And if you add her wages, then it’s $79

EDIT : Just went through the comments and this was first answered by @UnitedThemes

If only we could have a really really simple, OFFICIAL answer to this, we wouldn’t be melting our brains around this anymore! Seriously!

Dhruv said
Let’s go through the question once again

The actual price of the shoe is $15 ( maths doesn’t care about the profits she could have made )

Customer handed $50, She got the change from her neighbor and handed $29 to the Customer

But as we all know the money was counterfeit…

Total profit to the Customer = $15 + $29 = $44

Total money Helen lost = $15 + $29 + ($50 – $21) = $15 + $29 + $29 = $73

(she still has $21 from the $50 change she got from her neighbor)

Total money she lost = $73

And if you add her wages, then it’s $79

EDIT : Just went through the comments and this was first answered by @UnitedThemes

That’s all nice and dandy, but who killed the butler?

Raincutter said
If only we could have a really really simple, OFFICIAL answer to this, we wouldn’t be melting our brains around this anymore! Seriously!

It’s not official ,but I ‘m agree with felt_tips

felt_tips is right

44 or 50 (if cost time)

solution 1 : she sold shoes ,but damn it, she got false money ,so she lose $50

solution 2 : the customer bought her shoes with a stream of air (or a pile of shit) , she gave customer $29 + a pair of shoes =$44 + cost time $6 =$50 , that means she handed over $29 and a pair of shoes for nothing .

It’s not magic anymore

I feel I’m an idot

Sorry guys

And I hope Helen can spend her false $50 on somewhere

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Dhruv said
Let’s go through the question once again

The actual price of the shoe is $15 ( maths doesn’t care about the profits she could have made )

Customer handed $50, She got the change from her neighbor and handed $29 to the Customer

But as we all know the money was counterfeit…

Total profit to the Customer = $15 + $29 = $44

Total money Helen lost = $15 + $29 + ($50 – $21) = $15 + $29 + $29 = $73

(she still has $21 from the $50 change she got from her neighbor)

Total money she lost = $73

And if you add her wages, then it’s $79

EDIT : Just went through the comments and this was first answered by @UnitedThemes

How do you make a $73 dollar loss out of a single fake $50 bill? The maximum loss in the whole system is $50. You should work in an investment bank.

felt_tips said

Dhruv said
Let’s go through the question once again

The actual price of the shoe is $15 ( maths doesn’t care about the profits she could have made )

Customer handed $50, She got the change from her neighbor and handed $29 to the Customer

But as we all know the money was counterfeit…

Total profit to the Customer = $15 + $29 = $44

Total money Helen lost = $15 + $29 + ($50 – $21) = $15 + $29 + $29 = $73

(she still has $21 from the $50 change she got from her neighbor)

Total money she lost = $73

And if you add her wages, then it’s $79

EDIT : Just went through the comments and this was first answered by @UnitedThemes

How do you make a $73 dollar loss out of a single fake $50 bill? The maximum loss in the whole system is $50. You should work in an investment bank.

Who will pay the $15 (price of shoe).. And maths is not supposed to make sense.

Anyways let’s say you gave me $100 and i got it changed from FlashTang and gave $100 to you back, but it was counterfeit , Now i have to pay $100 to FlashTang as well…

So total money i lost is $100 (i gave to you) + $100 (which i have to give to FlashTang) i..e $200 not just $100…

@xstortionist I taught you killed him…

Helen loose $44.

Let’s tweet the question for simplicity suppose neighbor gave $29 to Helen to give for customer . That money Helen gave to customer. Till now Helen have to give $29 to neighbor..And Helen has counterfeit money $50 but that money is worthless.. So total loss is $29 +$15 ( Cost price of shoes ) = $44

RelStudios said
Helen loose $44. Let’s tweet the question for simplicity suppose neighbor gave $29 to Helen to give for customer . That money Helen gave to customer. Till now Helen have to give $29 to neighbor..And Helen has counterfeit money $50 but that money is worthless.. So total loss is $29 +$15 ( Cost price of shoes ) = $44

I don’t really get this, How can $50 be worthless even if it’s counterfeit? The customer got the change for that right?

And according to the question The neighbor is asking for $50 not $21..

And at the end of the day, There can/will be only one right answer, all other wrong….....

@xstortionist I get it now, Nobody killed the butler, He was never there.., The truth is you killed An Author… yes an Envato author and made him look like a Butler….. You can hide but you can’t escape or maybe you can… sci-fi is not really my thing.

Dhruv said

RelStudios said
Helen loose $44. Let’s tweet the question for simplicity suppose neighbor gave $29 to Helen to give for customer . That money Helen gave to customer. Till now Helen have to give $29 to neighbor..And Helen has counterfeit money $50 but that money is worthless.. So total loss is $29 +$15 ( Cost price of shoes ) = $44

I don’t really get this, How can $50 be worthless even if it’s counterfeit? The customer got the change for that right?

And according to the question The neighbor is asking for $50 not $21..

And at the end of the day, There can/will be only one right answer, all other wrong….....

@xstortionist I get it now, Nobody killed the butler, He was never there.., The truth is you killed An Author… yes an Envato author and made him look like a Butler….. You can hide but you can’t escape or maybe you can… sci-fi is not really my thing.

But that $50 is worthless also for neighbor also…

Dhruv said

felt_tips said

Dhruv said
Let’s go through the question once again

The actual price of the shoe is $15 ( maths doesn’t care about the profits she could have made )

Customer handed $50, She got the change from her neighbor and handed $29 to the Customer

But as we all know the money was counterfeit…

Total profit to the Customer = $15 + $29 = $44

Total money Helen lost = $15 + $29 + ($50 – $21) = $15 + $29 + $29 = $73

(she still has $21 from the $50 change she got from her neighbor)

Total money she lost = $73

And if you add her wages, then it’s $79

EDIT : Just went through the comments and this was first answered by @UnitedThemes

How do you make a $73 dollar loss out of a single fake $50 bill? The maximum loss in the whole system is $50. You should work in an investment bank.

Who will pay the $15 (price of shoe).. And maths is not supposed to make sense.

Anyways let’s say you gave me $100 and i got it changed from FlashTang and gave $100 to you back, but it was counterfeit , Now i have to pay $100 to FlashTang as well…

So total money i lost is $100 (i gave to you) + $100 (which i have to give to FlashTang) i..e $200 not just $100…

@xstortionist I taught you killed him…

Flawed logic. You seem to have forgotten about the $100 in small notes that FlashTang gave to you in exchange.