A Riddle With A Fake $100 Bill

[Post-It Note]

A man walks into store 'A' and buys $25 worth of goods, and paying it with a $100 dollar bill. Store 'A' does not have enough change ($75) for the hundred, so he goes over to the neighbouring store to get change for the $100 that the man gave him. Store 'A' gives the man the $25 goods and the $75 dollar change, and the man leaves. A little later, the owner from store 'B' goes to tell store 'A' owner that the $100 bill was fake and demands a real $100 back. Store 'A' owner recompensates store 'B' owner for the $100 dollars. ("the man" is the guy who gave the fake $100, so don't get confused)

Now the question is, how much did store 'A' owner lose in total?

[sanctified Veteran]

$200

$25 in goods + $75 in change + $100 the real bill = $200

Edit: No wait, it was $125

[Crimson Behelit]

Nothing.

[Deadlydread]

Nice play of words... If Store A gave him the 25 and 75 change and gave store B 100 dollars then he would have lost 200. think you may have mistyped something somewhere.

Edit: Sounds like he used 2 different 100 dollar bills.

Edited July 18, 2005 by GBUASH

[GhostShell]

I would say $125.

Edited July 18, 2005 by GhostShell

[Post-It Note]

I'll wait a while so other people can guess before I reveal the answer.

[Glorious]

I bet $125.

$25 goods + $100 dollars recompensation because store b gave him change.

[msntrev]

im thinking $200. they have lost the $100, plus the $25 goods and the $75 change.

[blik]

$200

$25 in goods + $75 in change + $100 the real bill = $200

586233634[/snapback]

I concur.

[envision]

?175:))

[.KICK]

Just $100 :blink:

[Rob2687]

$125

[TheCandyMan]

the store owner himself lost nothing, the store itself lost 200?

if not then i guess 200

[sanctified Veteran]

.KICK He lost the goods, that cost money too, so automatically he lost more than $100

[Post-It Note]

Alright, since someone got it.

So, if you count the $25 worth of goods was counted as $25 dollars (which should be, since the store owner would have gained that if someone with real money bought it), then:

Bad guy: goods(25) + change(75) = +100

Store A: -goods(25) - change(75) + 100 from store B - 100 back to store B = -100

Store B: -100 from fake bill + 100 from being recompensated = $0

So, as seen, Store 'A' lost only $100. Not $200, as most people thought.

Also, using the theory that if a person gains something, someone loses the same amount, since Bad guy gained $100, then Store A must have lose $100.

I thought it was $200 dollars too when I first heard it. Eventually, I took some scrap paper and actually tested it and found he only lost $100.

[CJ33]

100 bux

[msntrev]

the store owner himself lost nothing, the store itself lost 200?

if not then i guess 200

586233734[/snapback]

****, ur clever...its nothing.....(just remembers some1 else said nothing so ur clever too!)

the store lost, IMO, ?200, but the store owner lost nothing (unless they decided to deduct stuff from his wage packet for letting that happen!lol)

[Post-It Note]

100 bux

586233740[/snapback]

:laugh: I saw you change your answer from 200 to 100 after reading the solution!!

[TheCandyMan]

lol

dirty cheater

[Deadlydread]

It was 200 cause according to that math the 100 fake has dissapeared. That 100 is still a variable.

[Post-It Note]

Let's not get complicated here. Just a simple store owner who also owns the store. What the store loses, the store owner loses. Think lemonade stand.

[msntrev]

Alright, since someone got it.

So, if you count the $25 worth of goods was counted as $25 dollars (which should be, since the store owner would have gained that if someone with real money bought it), then:

Bad guy: goods(25) + change(75) = +100

Store A: -goods(25) - change(75) + 100 from store B - 100 back to store B = -100

Store B: -100 from fake bill + 100 from being recompensated = $0

So, as seen, Store 'A' lost only $100.  Not $200, as most people thought.

Also, using the theory that if a person gains something, someone loses the same amount, since Bad guy gained $100, then Store A must have lose $100.

I thought it was $200 dollars too when I first heard it.  Eventually, I took some scrap paper and actually tested it and found he only lost $100.

586233736[/snapback]

i think i have to disagree!

25 + 75 = 100

Store A: - 25 - 75 + 100 - 100 = -100 (they have so far lost $100)

Store B: -100 (fake bill) + 100 recompensated (store B has lost nothing)

but that 100 has come from Store A meaning they lost another 100

[Post-It Note]

It was 200 cause according to that math the 100 fake has dissapeared.  That 100 is still a variable.

586233781[/snapback]

It is a variable, and that is what store 'A' lost. Most of you maybe forgot that Store B gave store A $100, which he later got back.

[envision]

nice one.. it is indeed 100.. it sure got me thinking in the wrong way. Thats why its a riddle :D

[Deadlydread]

It is a variable, and that is what store 'A' lost.  Most of you maybe forgot that Store B gave store A $100, which he later got back.

586233799[/snapback]

Ya but your leaving out the fact that since Store A Lost Supposidly 100, Store B Broke Even, and the main Gained 100 the fake 100 is lost due to the Gain from man +100 Loss A -100 B 0 = 0 when it should be -100