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MagicHef 12-09-2011 10:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 8183605)
$200, or $197, or "can't quite determine", depending on how you read this.

$100 to the neighbor who he had to give a real $100 in replacement of the fake.

$79 in real money paid to the jerk who passed off the phony bill.

And $18 or $21, the value of the sweater that he's lost without getting a (legitimate) dime for it.

The confusion is that the OP says the "cost" of the sweater is $18 but someone pays $21 for it. The real number depends on what the real value of the sweater is to a legimate buyer paying in real cash. If the real value of teh sweater is $18, then the answer if $197. If $21, then $200. If something else, then $100+$79+[something else]
The first $100 is not FAX's, it's his neighbor's. FAX loses $18 when the guy takes the sweater, but gets $100 from his neigbor. He then gives $79 to the guy. At this point, he is up $3. Once he gives $100 to his neighbor, he is then down $97.

Predarat 12-09-2011 10:21 AM
The answer is don't take 100$ bills at garage sells, or from someone you met on Craigslist.

-King- 12-09-2011 10:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 8183605)
$200, or $197, or "can't quite determine", depending on how you read this.

$100 to the neighbor who he had to give a real $100 in replacement of the fake.

$79 in real money paid to the jerk who passed off the phony bill.

And $18 or $21, the value of the sweater that he's lost without getting a (legitimate) dime for it.

The confusion is that the OP says the "cost" of the sweater is $18 but someone pays $21 for it. The real number depends on what the real value of the sweater is to a legimate buyer paying in real cash. If the real value of teh sweater is $18, then the answer if $197. If $21, then $200. If something else, then $100+$79+[something else]
Wtf?
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Bugeater 12-09-2011 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 8183635)
Wtf?
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Maths are hard.

mlyonsd 12-09-2011 10:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 8183605)
$200, or $197, or "can't quite determine", depending on how you read this.

$100 to the neighbor who he had to give a real $100 in replacement of the fake.

$79 in real money paid to the jerk who passed off the phony bill.

And $18 or $21, the value of the sweater that he's lost without getting a (legitimate) dime for it.

The confusion is that the OP says the "cost" of the sweater is $18 but someone pays $21 for it. The real number depends on what the real value of the sweater is to a legimate buyer paying in real cash. If the real value of teh sweater is $18, then the answer if $197. If $21, then $200. If something else, then $100+$79+[something else]
I figured total out of pocket cost only because the real value of the sweater isn't determined because a crook paid for it with fake money.

Sofa King 12-09-2011 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BigRichard (Post 8183622)
Let me set this up in an equation for you:

48÷2(9+3)

Now what do you think the answer is?
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Amnorix 12-09-2011 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by MagicHef (Post 8183626)
The first $100 is not FAX's, it's his neighbor's. FAX loses $18 when the guy takes the sweater, but gets $100 from his neigbor. He then gives $79 to the guy. At this point, he is up $3. Once he gives $100 to his neighbor, he is then down $97.
Yep I follow. Math (or logic) fail.

The exchange with the neighbor just a red herring. He gave $100 and got $100, so he's out the $79 plus the value of the sweater. $18 cash out of pocket for that, so $97.

Should've realized that he couldn't have lost more than the amount of the fake bill.

carlos3652 12-09-2011 10:30 AM
umm.. that sucks, cause the only one who came out losing money is fax, especially if the neighbor is lying. He needs to move to Olathe, where its always sunny.

BigRichard 12-09-2011 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Sofa King (Post 8183645)
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I was thinking it was 288. :D

blaise 12-09-2011 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 8183652)
Yep I follow. Math (or logic) fail.

The exchange with the neighbor just a red herring. He gave $100 and got $100, so he's out the $79 plus the value of the sweater. $18 cash out of pocket for that, so $97.

Should've realized that he couldn't have lost more than the amount of the fake bill.
Well, did he lose the cost of the sweater, or the market value?

Dr. Johnny Fever 12-09-2011 10:42 AM
But did it happen in mid air? Because that would change things I think.

Chiefnj2 12-09-2011 10:45 AM
$97

Shag 12-09-2011 10:47 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 8183652)
Yep I follow. Math (or logic) fail.

The exchange with the neighbor just a red herring. He gave $100 and got $100, so he's out the $79 plus the value of the sweater. $18 cash out of pocket for that, so $97.

Should've realized that he couldn't have lost more than the amount of the fake bill.
That assumes that the $100 given back to the neighbor is the same fake $100 bill. That is not clear in the OP.

Fairplay 12-09-2011 10:52 AM
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Saul Good 12-09-2011 10:53 AM
- $18 for the sweater
+ $100 bill
- $79 given in change
- $100 returned to neighbor

-$97 is your answer


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