Thief in Grocery store Riddle
A guy walks into a store and steals a $200 bill from the register without the owners knowledge.
He then buys $150 worth of goods using the $200 bill and the owner gives $50 in change.
How much money did the owner lose?
Answer– $200
Explanation-
For the rest of the product he got the money he should have got, so the only loss is the stolen $200 bill
For Expend He Got Profit/Loss
Stolen $200 $0 Loss $200
Product Sold $150 $200 Profit $50
Return Change . $50 $0 Loss . $50
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TOTAL LOSS $200
The cost of the product for the owner needs to be less than $150, or else this is not a store that makes a profit. $150 is the retail price to the buyer, that’s why the change is $50 when $200 are paid. Losing the goods represents a cost of less than $150 for the owner.
The action of first stealing the $200 and then after a while giving it all back cancel each other. The two transactions are equivalent to the guy just entering the store once and jedi-mind-trick convincing the owner that he’s already paid $200. He then gets the goods and the $50 change in exchange for nothing.
So the correct answer is the loss totals $50+the cost of the product, and not $200!
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