Value or Lateral Thinking Lets See

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7 years 8 months ago

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Thanks for the compliment Bob and the support to keep going.

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7 years 8 months ago

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Bob Brogan wrote: The only thing that was stolen was the original 100

Leave all the fancy stuff to the geniuses and accountants

...the rest he bought...

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the owner lost nothing as its a routine sale. The goods are valued at ex amount the owner is a net plus the 100 - the value - 30 which equals 70 less the value. So the answer must be 0 (i think)

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7 years 8 months ago

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the answer is $100.

Look at it this way...

Ultimately, what did the thief gain BOTTOM LINE??

2 Things...

1) $70 in merchandise

2) $30 in cash

The answer is definitely $100

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7 years 8 months ago

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but the question is

How much money did the owner lose

not anything else

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7 years 8 months ago

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okay

so

1: if he reporting it to the police its 100
2: if he reporting to his insurance company its less

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7 years 8 months ago

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The owner is $ 100.00 down. The change of $ 30.00 is still part of the (stolen) $ 100.00, the store keeper didn't get any money back (from the originally stolen $ 100.00) despite "selling" goods valued at $ 70.00. Therefore he has lost $ 100.00 + $ 70.00 worth of goods.

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7 years 8 months ago

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How much money did the owner lose?

$30

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Re: Value or Lateral Thinking Lets See

7 years 8 months ago

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did the owner steal the goods on the shelf

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7 years 8 months ago

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I am going with $100. The original $100 was returned in exchange for $70 goods and $30 cash.

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7 years 8 months ago

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$170

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Re: Value or Lateral Thinking Lets See

7 years 8 months ago

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100$ when he cashes up his till he will be 100 short - the transaction of goods has no bearing as the 100$ the thief spent is the same as any legitimate transaction - the change given has no bearing - His stock will balance but his till will be short 100$

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