Clever Misdirection

by TD 16 Replies latest jw friends

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  slimboyfat

  Mmm

  There are two trades in the first riddle.

  In the first trade you buy for $800 and sell for $1000. That’s $200 profit.

  In the second trade you buy for $1100 and sell for $1300? That’s also $200 profit.

  That makes $400 in total. The fact that it’s the same item that is bought and sold twice makes no difference. That’s a red herring. (I hope I got this right because it’s trades like this that I’ve made a living for the past 20 years nearly.)

  The second one I didn’t try to get to terms with, seems more tricky.
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  neat blue dog

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  TD

  The second one I didn’t try to get to terms with, seems more tricky.
  

  If the manager had said, "Okay. The three customers ended up paying $9 each. You have $2 and I have $25" it wouldn't be any fun at all.
  

  
  
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  Fisherman

  f the manager had said, "Okay. The three customers ended up paying $9 each. You have $2 and I have $25" it wouldn't be any fun at all.

  Count the money 9x3 =27 + 3 = 30
  Clever misdirection +2= 29
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  Umanfly

  0 $
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  Fisherman

  A banking strategy:

  https://youtu.be/1aVYJ-krSMA
  
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  r51785

  Since you bought the cow and sold it, and then bought it again and sold it, could we say we had an "overlapping cow?"