You run a shop and someone steals $100

[Ohene]

The amount you lost...is only the price you paid for the good you sold no? Plus the forty in change


Lol I ain't thinking much...but that's the first thing to come to mind

Edit: if by worth they mean cost of goods sold = 60 then 100 lol

 

[The Fire]

it's a question of simple logic

in essence the sale and change is just there to trick you. total loss is $100, 60 in merch and 40 in cash

 

[BocaRear]

:saywhat?:

Which is why the shopkeer is out $100 and not $160.

No,

because the shopkeeper already paid for his goods at approx $60. So he has paid for his goods TWICE.

You telling me if you pay for something you own, you break even?

 

[Xyrax]

Depends on how much he had on him when I let the young ones beat his ass and run his pockets.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

You telling me if you pay for something you own, you break even?

Yes, that's exactly how it works.

You retarded breh?

 

[Reflected]

No,

because the shopkeeper already paid for his goods at approx $60. So he has paid for his goods TWICE.

You telling me if you pay for something you own, you break even?

Pretend this is the only question on a math test. You can't take off points based on a variable you didn't include in the question. At this point, it doesn't matter what amount the shopkeeper paid for the items because it isn't included in the question.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

It depends. You lost $140 for obvious reasons, but you also lost whatever profits you would have made on the $60 sale.

 

[Ohene]

$100 simply.He steals $100.He comes back,gives you back your $100 bill in exchange for $60 worth of merchandise & $40 cash.

Yup.

 

[It is a mystery]

anyone still struggling to get it try this:

get a wallet with $100
Take 100 out the wallet
put 100 into the wallet
take 100 out of the wallet
However much money is out the wallet is how much you lost

 

[twhatever]

It's not that hard if u guys know how to add and subtract negative and positive numbers

Money stolen = -100

Money given back from merchandise = +60

Money loss from giving away merchandise = -60

Money loss from change = -40

Now write it out

-100+60-60-40= -140

Slap your math teachers

You only added $60.The thief gave the cashier back the full $100(hence the cashier giving $40 change).You should have added $100,in that case(and not just $60).

 

[The Fire]

I fail to understand how nikkaz are saying $200

Where did the extra money come from

 

[BocaRear]

Why does it matter whether he uses the stolen money or his own?

Because the entire question is:

How much money did the shopkeeper lose?

, we are not looking at how much the thief gained.

Okay... let's say the shopkeeper used his OWN $100 from the register to purchase his OWN goods, worth $60. Just picked it out of the register and put it back down again. Then? He'd be out $60 in goods that he took off the shelf and took home. If he gave himself $40 change and pocketed that as well he'd be out $100.

Someone's finally thinking outside the box here

But yet again breh, we have to take into account that the shopkeeper is already at -$60 (approx subtract profit margin at which he sells goods) because he purchased his goods from a supplier. So him taking $60 out of his own pocket is him paying $120 (approx) as he's paying for his goods twice.

This is why you don't get high on your own supply, you're paying double.

The change is irrelevant.

 

[BocaRear]

Yes, that's exactly how it works.

You retarded breh?

Pay for something twice brehs

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

it's 200. you can't "buy" something from the same place that you stole the money from. You lost $200 in inventory and cash combined.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Because the entire question is:

How much money did the shopkeeper lose?

, we are not looking at how much the thief gained.

Buying merchandise is not a loss.