hardcore superstar
29-Mar-11, 14:26
Three flat mates decide they need a Television. Heading down town they spot a second hand Flat Screen TV in a shop window, displaying the fact that it is in full working order and being sold at the bargain price of £30.
They go into the store and each hand the young saleswoman £10 each totalling the £30 asking price. They proceed to leave the shop with the TV. A few seconds later the store owner comes into the shop and notices the TV has gone, the assistant explains that three guys came in and purchased for the required £30. The owner being a church-goer and honest chap, had decided that the TV should have been priced at £25, so based on this he asks the sales assistant to quickly catch up with the three guys and give them a £5 refund.
She quickly grabs five pound coins from the cash register but whilst running after them, she thinks how will I give them each an equal share, so she decides to put two of the coins in her pocket (well for her effort in chasing them it is only fair!!) she catches them and hands them each a £1 coin. The guys are over the moon having thought they were getting a bargain in any case.
The dilemma now exists for me. If each of the guys originally handed over £10 each and all got a refund of £1 this means they all spent £9 each. If we add the 3 x £9 the total is £27. The shop assistant took £2, this gives a total of £29, so where is the other £1??
They go into the store and each hand the young saleswoman £10 each totalling the £30 asking price. They proceed to leave the shop with the TV. A few seconds later the store owner comes into the shop and notices the TV has gone, the assistant explains that three guys came in and purchased for the required £30. The owner being a church-goer and honest chap, had decided that the TV should have been priced at £25, so based on this he asks the sales assistant to quickly catch up with the three guys and give them a £5 refund.
She quickly grabs five pound coins from the cash register but whilst running after them, she thinks how will I give them each an equal share, so she decides to put two of the coins in her pocket (well for her effort in chasing them it is only fair!!) she catches them and hands them each a £1 coin. The guys are over the moon having thought they were getting a bargain in any case.
The dilemma now exists for me. If each of the guys originally handed over £10 each and all got a refund of £1 this means they all spent £9 each. If we add the 3 x £9 the total is £27. The shop assistant took £2, this gives a total of £29, so where is the other £1??