Where's the $1?

Tough one but actually u gtta c it d other way the jersey is for97$ and u get 3$ back 97$+3$=100$

There's no other dollar, the question fooled me xD. Anyways, you owed your buddies 50 +50 making a total of 100 bucks So 50 + 50 = 100. So when you bought the jacket 50 + 50 = 97 + 2 + 1. Then you pay them back 2 bucks, one each -2 +50 +50 = 97 +1. So in the end this is what you owe them 49 + 49 = 98 dollars xD So summarizing, theres no other dollar, once you pay them back 2 dollars you end up owning them 98 dollars (97 of the jacket + 1 left on your pocket). So 98 dollars you owe + the 2 dollars you paid back already makes the 100 dollar debt =) Hope I got it right, if you understood my explanation xD!!

u just cannot add the 49 and 49. lets say the jersey was 69 dollars and u borrowed 50 and 50 from both the friends. so u will have 31 dollars back as a change. out of which u returned 15 and 15 to each friend. that will mean that u have 1 dollar to urself and u have to return 35 and 35 to friends later. so... now if u add 35+35=70 and 70+1=71, so where did the rest of TWENTY NINE dollars go? LOL u r just summing up the wrong numbers and using ur figures, u r actually closing up to the value of '100' dollars, thats why some ppl would think that the sum SHOULD BE 100 instead of 99, and that the one dollar has disappeared.

total debt $100 - amount paid back $2 = new balance $98 value of jersey $97 + value of pocket $1 = total value $98 new balance - total value = zero balance

This question sounds tricky, but it's actually not. The $1 in your pocket is actually not yours and it's still borrowed from the two friends, so this 1 dollar still has to be paid back to them. And towards the end of the question description, we can clearly see that the $1 that was returned to the two friends were not brought up again. So, yes, we owe the two friends $49 each now (making $98 in total to be paid) as we paid them back $1, so the jacket price ($97) + the $1 in your pocket makes up the $98 we have to pay back. This means the $1 is not to be added to $98, but rather subtracted from $98 to get the cost of the jacket. Hope this sounds clear enough....

Hey iceblizzard, what's up? I'm not really in the mood for a Math problem, but here goes, lol. Did you say that you gave your friends $1 a piece or they both have gained custody of a single dollar bill? I was kind of lost at that part. I'm assuming you gave them each $1 and then that leaves the other $1 in your pocket. Which is equal to 100 in my book.