$30.00 Riddle - Take a L@@k...
By EdwardF
@EdwardF (431)
United States
January 31, 2007 2:25pm CST
A set of triplets were setting around watching television.
The reception was so bad they decided to throw away their television and go and get a new one.
They checked their wallets and found that they all only had $10.00 each.
They took their $30.00 to a second hand store.
They met a salesman who told them he had a television for $30.00.
They gave him their $30.00 and took the television.
However, when the salesman went into the back of the store, he realized the price should have been $25.00.
He ran outside to give them $5.00 back.
When he realized they had each paid $10.00, he didn't want to make it confusing, so he gave them each $1.00 back and kept the other $2.00 for himself.
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Ok, let's recap:
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They paid $10.00 each which is $30.00.
The salesman gave them back $1.00 each and kept $2.00 for himself.
So ... they actually spent $9.00 each.
$9.00 x 3= $27.00
The salesman kept $2.00.
That's a total of $29.00.
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What happened to the other dollar?
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Did you find this riddle hard or easy? Did you solve this riddle? If so, do not give the answer away, but let us know you did. Thanks!
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3 responses
@amazing_Grace (479)
• United States
31 Jan 07
When are you going to post answer? I can't wait to see if I got it right. But since you said not to give it away there is no way of verifying my answer. :)
@MySpot (2600)
• United States
31 Jan 07
This riddle is an oldie but a goodie. I've seen other versions also. It cannot be sovled because it's a mathematical error when you start throwing in multiplication.
There is no missing dollar:
$25 - price of TV
$2 - pocketed
$3 - refunded
equals $30