mathematical

#24 - yunogasaii

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(01/10/2013)[-]

I didn't know anyone on FB was mathmatical.

#25 to #24 - mathmatical

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(01/10/2013)[-]

Yup, that's me.

#51 to #25 - mathmatical

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(01/11/2013)[-]

Why the heck did this get so many thumbs (shocked)

#53 to #51 - circuit [OP]

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(02/08/2013)[-]

to tell truth. i still have no ******* clue, and im the one who posted it.
i thought it would get 30-40 thumbs maybe, but give fj math and the go bananas.
love your user name btw.

#54 to #53 - mathmatical

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(02/08/2013)[-]

What do you mean you're the one who posted it?

#55 to #54 - circuit [OP]

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(02/08/2013)[-]

i made the comment on Facebook, i screen clipped it, and i posted it here on fj.

#26 to #25 - GBird

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(01/10/2013)[-]

FJ*

#40 to #24 - franklion

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(01/11/2013)[-]

#13 - anon id: 6a0d0570

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(01/10/2013)[-]

Lol @ poor people that can't buy expensive stuff. I have a $200 tie, what are you going to do, occupy me?

#18 to #13 - semisane

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(01/10/2013)[-]

< this is you

#28 to #13 - schwerdaddy

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(01/10/2013)[-]

To be honest, I thought the last bit was actually kind of funny. People taking anon so seriously.

#17 to #13 - blackhawksfan

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(01/10/2013)[-]

Lol @ anon trying to show off for a website by lying about being rich.

#30 - zaggystirdust

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(01/10/2013)[-]

make the number stop

#31 to #30 - volto**User deleted account**

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#47 to #31 - pringlez

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(01/11/2013)[-]

Here you go.

#19 - semisane

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(01/10/2013)[-]

It's actually a very simple logical leap that nobody notices.
It's not 49+49+1. It's 49+49-1.

#22 to #19 - gorginhanson

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(01/10/2013)[-]

right---
he's confusing debt with assets

#33 to #19 - anon id: 115edf11

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(01/11/2013)[-]

Another way you can look at it to get back to 100; he pocketed one dollar and paid them each one dollar. Since he's adding together how much he continues to owe, he needs to also add how much he's already paid them.

#2 - JCP

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(01/10/2013)[-]

Hate to get all srs when the funnier answer is in the post, but-
Instead of talking about a mixture of who they owe and what they have, when you focus on who dealt the money and who finally received it, the answer is obvious.
They took 50 dollars from their mother, and 50 from their father. (50 + 50 = +100$)
They gave the store 97$, gave themself (kept) 1$, gave 1$ to their mother and 1$ to their father. (-97 - 1 - 1 - 1 = -100$)
There, now all of you amateur mathfags can sleep at night.

#3 to #2 - xdiabolicx#3 on commentsRank#3

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(01/10/2013)[-]

well the dude in the response has the right idea as well. the remaining 97 divided by 2 is 48.50 per parent. add a dollar for both parents to get 49.5 per parent. multiply by two again and get 99. the spare dollar is yours. totaling 100.

#9 to #3 - anon id: f61937c8

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(01/10/2013)[-]

Actually you don't keep the spare dollar. The thing that is wrong is that you are adding the money that you owe($98) and then add the money that you have ($1) together when like 98+1=99 when you are actually supposed to say -98+1=-97 which is the money that you used on she shirt.

#36 - Bobtheblob

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(01/11/2013)[-]

#35 - yomyhomez

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(01/11/2013)[-]

wait....you borrowed 50$
how do you suddenly owe them 49.50 each?
bastard stole the extra dollar

#50 to #35 - gogobrendo

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(01/11/2013)[-]

please, i really want to watch that video now

#49 to #35 - gogobrendo

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(01/11/2013)[-]

what is that video called? i saw it a while ago

#39 to #35 - crazyhindu

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(01/11/2013)[-]

the equation says you keep a dollar for yourself

#42 - anonmynous

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(01/11/2013)[-]

You will owe each parent $49.

It will cost you $98 to pay them back but since you have an extra dollar, you only end up losing $97, the cost of the tshirt.

#32 - SokkaTheWarrior

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(01/10/2013)[-]

#16 - koobzacc

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(01/10/2013)[-]

My Dad is good friends with the owner of this restaurant we go to on sundays and when I was like 9 the owner told me the same riddle except it involved a hotel and two people who overpaid for their room and a greedy bellhop. trolled the **** outta me for years until I realised he added the bellhop's theft rather than subtracting it. It's been so long I bet if I told him the answer he'd be like "what da fuq you tlaking about?"