How smart are you? (puzzle)

[analog]

if someone stole $100 out of my cash register (probably represents a previously made purchase). If if were to cash out at the time... and then purchased $70 worth of merchandise and I gave them $30 back... my cash register would be off by $200...


However with all factors considered... I think it’s overall a $100 loss..because he got back what someone else paid but ultimately loss the $70 and $30.. any other factors are not present so can’t be considered, imo.

Yeah you're over thinking this.

Just look at it in terms of what's been taken and given back.

Thief walks out the store the first time with $100 in cash. ($100 loss)
Thief goes back, hands $100 in cash back to the owner. (Loss = $0 at this point)
Thief then walks out a second time but with $30 in cash, and $70 in goods. ($100 total loss now)

That's it.

 

[Mr Rager]

It's $100 net loss nikkas

But salute to the first people who went out on a limb and answered

I always notice that as soon as one person explains the right answer, suddenly all the subsequent posters "knew it the whole time" lmaoo

 

[Ezra]

Smart enough to know this is a math problem, not a puzzle

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Omg you “smart” people are so annoying.. give the damn answer and if we’re wrong... tell us why so we can understand...

What is with the suspense??

 

[Chelsea Bridge]

Yeah you're over thinking this.

Just look at it in terms of what's been taken and given back.

Thief walks out the store the first time with $100 in cash. ($100 loss)
Thief goes back, hands $100 in cash back to the owner. (Loss = $0 at this point)
Thief then walks out a second time but with $30 in cash, and $70 in goods. ($100 total loss now)

That's it.

I fixed my response after not overthinking too much lol

I’m just trying to figure where we could possibly be off because I think most people said $100 yet we have posters, including the OP, acting like we’re stupid.. so I need to understand what the logical answer is in this situation because I’m definitely not understanding..

 

[Chelsea Bridge]

The definition of doing too much belongs to you

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

The fukk? It’s $100

How?

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

this is as much about reading comprehension as it is maths

I always hated word problems anyway
Complicated for no reason. That’s why calculators, google and math apps exist. I don’t have time for these complications

 

[BasketCase]

The owner lost $100. This is second grade level math.

 

[EndDomination]

Its $100
The owner lost $70 worth of goods and $30 in cash.

 

[GreenGhxst]

It’s a multiple choice answer... there’s no choice of “not enough information”..

Anyway I’m over this...

The geniuses want to act so above everyone else and even the OP doesn’t want to give the actual answer, so in reality... we’re all correct. Interpret the scenario the way you want to based on how you perceive the factors... and what ever answer you come to is the correct one. If you’re the store merchant and you tally up your register at the end of the night, you figure out what you are supposed to have and what you are short of...

Digging deeper with unknown variables is doing too much in a multiple choice question especially when “not enough information” isn’t an option.

I can agree with that

Owner is out $30 cash, and $70 worth of product.

What information is missing?

Eh

 

[GreenGhxst]

The owner lost $100. This is second grade level math.

"tHiS iS sEConD gRadE lEvEl mAThs"

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Depends on how much he paid for the $70 worth of items, wholesale.

But....

She stole $100...and that's what he lost. She bought $70 worth of stuff....so he gets $70 in cash back but loses $70 worth of merchandise....so it's a break even. He then gives her $30 in cash.

So....

-100
(70 - 70)
-30 = -$130

 

[BasketCase]

"tHiS iS sEConD gRadE lEvEl mAThs"

Why so mad? Did you get it wrong?

 

[GreenGhxst]

Why so mad? Did you get it wrong?

probably, I need a textbook answer

somebody call mcgraw hill