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You saw a shirt for $97. You didn’t have the cash, so you borrowed $50 from your mum and $50 from your dad = $100. You bought the shirt, and had $3 change. You gave your dad $1 and your mum $1 and kept the other $1 for yourself. Now you owe your mum $49 and your dad $49. 49+49 = 98 + your $1 = 99. Where is the missing $1?
Ahh the famous riddle… How about this, think of it this way:
$97 (original price of shirt) + $1 (the change you pocketed) = 49 + 49 (The ACTUAL cost your mum and dad spent i.e. $50 - $1).
Basically the wording of the problem makes it a riddle, like many have said you’re suppose to subtract rather than add your own 1 dollar when saying it. However simply writing it out in equation will sort itself out.
