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Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 7:58am On Jun 07, 2017 |
Question of the year Lets assume you saw a dell laptop at the market that uou want to buy @97k but you did not have the money so you went to you pareants and borrowed 50k from your dad and 50k from your mum Now you bought the laptop for 97k with 3k left as balance ,so you decide to give your dad 1k and your mum 1k as down payment for the loan they gave you making their balance to remain 49k while you hold 1k for yourself. When you want to pay up the loan . Remember you are now owing them 49k +49k= 98k plus the 1k you kept for your self making the sum total 99k . Then where is 1k to complete the 100k Even if you add the 2k you gave them the money will be over to 101k Pls who can answer these question |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by whitebeard(m): 8:05am On Jun 07, 2017 |
Maths gone wrong this where even and odd numbers strongly disagree with themselves 1 Like |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Nobody: 8:06am On Jun 07, 2017 |
Every loan comes with interest so the 1k I have with me, I'll use it to pay interest on the loan. Then collect the 2k from them and complete the money to 100k |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 8:35am On Jun 07, 2017 |
@lofty this your solution is super |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by chinny200: 10:03am On Jun 07, 2017 |
You bought the laptop 97k so if u have to sum up the loan you are ownin your parents it has to 49k + 48k=97k so you are left with d 3k giving one person 1k and the other 2k. |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 10:32am On Jun 07, 2017 |
chinny200:no mr chinny i needed 1k to transport back home . So i gave the 1k each thats the question ok |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Friedyokes: 10:45am On Jun 07, 2017 |
If u gave them back the 1k each It would be that they gave u 49k each So 49+49=98 to buy somtin of 97k 98-97=1k 1000÷2(both parents )= 500 So then u give them back their 500 each which is the amount they gave more than the actual price If u still don't understand They were supposed to pay equal amounts Which would be 97÷2 =48.5 but they paid 49 instead So then 49k-48.5k=500naira |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 12:13pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Friedyokes: Mr friedyoskie you got it wrong anyway because Since you have paid them 1k each .you are now owing them 49k What they need from you is 49k each and no longer 50k But you want to know how come about the 100k that you are now left with extra 1k thats the maths 49k+49k = 98k thats what you owe ur parents And 1k is still with you . Thats it |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Friedyokes: 12:23pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
akudinaobi:ur not getting me Let me explain .if u gave them back the 1k we can take it that the original amount u were given was 49k from each ..but let me use the 100k instead 50k from each 50+50=100 Amount for laptop=97k Amount they both exceeded with 100-97= 3k Amount they were supposed to pay equally 97÷2=48.5 So then 50-48.5=1.5k So then subtract the 1.5 from the 3k 3-1.5=1.5k So then u give them 1500 each The way the question calculated it is wrong nd is meant to confuse u If u want to take it literally then u were given 50k from both of them ur change was 3k u didn't add anything so just divide it by 2 nd give them both halves |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Makenno(m): 12:41pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
Friedyokes is right, @op give him the laptop jhor |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by mozele(m): 2:01pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
akudinaobi: you'll go on confusing yourself if you go any further without applying simple logic. First and foremost you borrowed 50k each from your mum and dad which amounted to 100k i.e 50k + 50k = 100k Secondly, with the borrowed 100k, you purchased a laptop worth 97k leaving you with just 3k. i.e 100k - 97k = 3k third, you decided to return 1k each to your mum and dad(therefore owing them 49k each instead of the supposed 50k) and also kept 1k to yourself. Intermission - time for payback. The money you owed your parent: (mum)49k + (dad)49k =98k if you decide to add your remaining 1k it becomes: 98k+ 1k = 99k =>final answer no error! it would be an hallucination if you still think you'll arrive at 100k. This is because the gadget was sold @97k an odd number which will undeniably give room for confusion to those that are not to familiar with numbers. For instance if the gadget was sold for 96k leaving you with a balance of 4k, you can send 1k each to your mum and dad and keep 2k to yourself. When its time for payback it can be calculated thus: 49 + 49 = 98k 98k + 2k = 100k. Thank you. |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by leonard002(m): 2:54pm On Jun 07, 2017 |
I used the 1k to drink beer |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 3:19am On Jun 08, 2017 |
Friedyokes:How will i transport home if i give them 1500 each . |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 3:21am On Jun 08, 2017 |
mozele: Mathematician the gadget was sold for 97 not 96 and i have to transport home too |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by omoosun39(m): 6:32am On Jun 08, 2017 |
I think this is not stressful at all, please kindly follow me. * You want to buy laptop at the rate of 97k * And you don't have any money for hand to buy it * You borrow 50k from your daddy and 50k from your mummy also, which the total is 100k....fine * Now you have the sum of 100k for hand and you bought the laptop at the rate of 97k,which means you have 3k left to you. * Now you return 1k back to your daddy and 1k back to your mummy, which the total money you borrowed from them is 98k in total and 49k from each, and you used 1k for transport Now simple Mathematics Laptop 97k Return money to daddy 1k Return money to mummy 1k Transport 1k Total 100k To confirm Now you owe your mummy and daddy 98k all together, which is 49k for each of them And you went out to work or search for money and you have the exact 100k at hand To return the money you borrowed Remove 98k you borrowed from them, which left you 2k, the 2k left is the one you gave them back for 1k for each initially, because you bought laptop 97k and transport 1k,which is 98k you bought from them. Suppose you didn't return any money back to them, that time you borrowed money from them, which means the total money you borrowed is 100k, it means you used 97k for laptop, 1k for transport and you left with 2k for hand.... I think i clear it well |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Oladipo1166(m): 6:52am On Jun 08, 2017 |
d 1k dat ws left with u nah, d 1 u decided 2 kip |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by oldfoolnigger(m): 7:19am On Jun 08, 2017 |
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Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 10:37pm On Jun 12, 2017 |
Nobody can answer the question |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Nobody: 8:58am On Jun 13, 2017 |
akudinaobi:The highlighted part is where the error in calculation is and is the backbone of this challenge. I understand you had to keep 1k for yourself for transport. That means you now owe your parents a total sum of 98k (each having 49k). Total debt incurred from the outset = 100k Parent A's share in debt = 50k Parent B's share = 50k Cost of laptop = 97k Amount remaining from debt = 3k Transport = 1k (still part of the remaining 3k) Part of debt repaid = 2k (1k for each parent) Debt remaining = 100k - 2k = 98k. Each parent gets 49k from the 98k. The 1k you kept for transport is still part of this 98k that is still owed. So there is no missing 1k. |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Friedyokes: 9:08am On Jun 13, 2017 |
akudinaobi:the question didn't include transportation fee...the money collected was for the laptop period....so this is pointless ....most of the answers here are correct ..u are just trying to drag it our as long as u can so u won't give the laptop not that u were going to in the first place ![]() |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 9:24am On Jun 13, 2017 |
Friedyokes:Incorrect anaswer |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by larmu(m): 10:08am On Jun 13, 2017 |
Friedyokes:Abi...because you can't just assume we would know u used 1k for transport when it wasn't in the initial question |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Nobody: 10:40am On Jun 13, 2017 |
akudinaobi:What about the answer I gave above? You didn't say anything about it. |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Friedyokes: 11:01am On Jun 13, 2017 |
gensteejay:you are actually seeking validation from him?...he obviously will not agree to any answer given ..hence it will lead to him owning up to prize promised |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 5:36am On Jun 17, 2017 |
Friedyokes:friedyokes you know too well that you are wrong so stop owing up that you got it right |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by akudinaobi(m): 5:40am On Jun 17, 2017 |
gensteejay:how much did you really take minus the 2k you gave your parents which you wont account for again because uou have giving them part payment 49k +49k +2k= 100k so what happens to the 1k you initially has . Where did you got it from |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by structuredan(m): 9:38am On Jun 17, 2017 |
giving that cost of laptop 97K ask both parent to refund their 1K each parent A has 1K parent B has 1K u in person has 1k i will take it as C sum of A + B + C =3K therefore 97k + 3k =100k divide this by two 100k :2 = 50K which can easily be return to both parent my phone no 08132111362 |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by Nobody: 9:50am On Jun 17, 2017 |
akudinaobi:Which kind question be this? The solution I gave is correct and so simple that a 2-year old should grasp. You never had any money before taking the loan; that means the 1k is still part of the 98k that is still owed. Please go over my answer again; it's quite straightforward. |
Re: Answer And Get The Laptop by mozele(m): 11:34pm On Jul 05, 2017 |
akudinaobi: The $96 is just an instance. Please reread my previous post |
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