Solve this problem

[AbdiJohnson]

You saw a shirt for $97

You didn't have the money so you borrowed $50 from your brother and $50 from your sister

$50 + $50 = $100

You bought the shirt and had $3 change

You gave your brother $1 and your sister $1 and kept the other $1 for yourself.

Now you owe your brother $49 and your sister $49.

$49 + $49 = $98 + Your $1 = $99

Where is the missing $1?

I am,

Abdi "Deeply Puzzled" Johnson

[Vivacious]

lol @ deeply puzzled.

[BlackVelvet]

Different variations of this have been coming up for years


You owe your siblings: 49 + 49 = 98, This 98 = 97 (for shirt) + 1 (for yourself)

Siblings: 98 (you owe) + 2 (you already gave them) = 100

[AgentOfChaos]

$49 + $49 = $98 + Your $1 = $99

I don't see a missing dollar, just the wrong operator.



Correction: $49 + $49 = $98 - Your $1 = $97 (price of the shirt)

[ElfRuler]

That was one difficult problem to solve.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

There is no missing dollar, it is an arithmetic illusion. Think of it this way;

The shirt costs 97 dollars and you keep 1 dollar. Therefore total borrowings from siblings = 98 dolllars. You give the siblings 1 dollar each from the original 100 dollars. This means you give them back 49 dollars each = 98 dollars you borrowed originally.

[SultanOrder]

Just like the tip one. It's in how you look at it.