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comment by caelum19
caelum19  ·  3766 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tricky mathematical question

Yeah it's more of a trick than a question. When they do "49+49=98+my€=99" they confuse the reader by using "+my€" and making them think it's accounted for, where if it represents what she owes then it should be "-my€" and it equals 97, which is how much she spent on the dress so I think the "missing €(I think this is to make people think they got it right with "in her pocket" then think it's "accounted for") is the 97€ she spent on a dress.

These questions should be banned from existance since they're not really math, but it's still fun to find the flaw and watch your friends get confused solving it.