people are real poor at juggling numbers. it's actually pretty easy scam people out of like 20 bucks or something if u get them to break notes in trading something, i used do it to one of my mates a bunch when it came time to paying tick on weed and he'd have a whole bunch of other people's money to get lost in too lol. i know, lousy, but still

most of the ppl i knew said 190-200
sometimes 110 and 10
and even a dude said 500 ._.
:fp:

i think the most important thing here is the newspaper guy lost a potential friend vilden

Newsletter loses all value the following day. no one is intersted in paying for yesterday's news

Blister says

yeah yeah give us a harder riddle that one was a piece of cake ALSO GET A DAMN EDITOR

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what's the next line

please stop lol

yeah yeah give us a harder riddle that one was a piece of cake ALSO GET A DAMN EDITOR

"when HE GAVE the thief 90$ he lost them"
Correction is
"when HE GAVE the thief 90$ then he lost them because these are his own money"

let's say how it got solved well
(Part 1)
1. When the money thief came to the shop owner he gave him FAKE 100$ and took a newsletter that costs 10 $

2.The shop owner didn't have any non solid money so he went to a cafe owner and EXCHANGED with him he gave him his FAKE 100$ that the thief gave to him( they didn't know it was fake and took 10 papers of 10 $(10 x 10 = 100)(THEY ARE REAL NOT FAKE)

3. The thief took the newsletter and took his 90 $ WHICH ARE THE REST OF HIS MONEY that he gave to shop owner while the shop owner took his profit which is 10 $

( Till now this part calculations are)
1)The Thief Gained: Real 90 $ and a newsletter
2)Shop Owner Gained: REAL 10 $ profit(no losses)
3)The cafe owner Lost: 100$(as he took a fake one and gave him a real one)



(Part 2)

1.The cafe owner went to the shop owner and told him that he gave him a fake 100$ so the shop owner gave him another 100$

(This part calculations are)
The cafe owner gained:100 $
The shop owner lost:100$

(TOTAL CALCULATIONS ARE)
1)Thief Gained:Real 90 $ and a newsletter
2)The shop owner lost: (Part 2 - Part 1) = (100 - 10 ) = 90 $
3)The cafe owner didn't lose nor gain: (Part 1 = Part 2) = (100 - 100) = 0

(The confusion is that most of people think that when HE GAVE the thief 90 $ he lost them. Well NOPE he didn't BECAUSE this 90 $ was for the thief. How? Well remember he gave the shop owner 100 $ and took a newsletter that costs 10 $ but you would tell me "But it's fake!" well true but still remember that he exchanged with the cafe owner he TOOK a real one :) ) a hard one eh?

newspaper guy lost a customer in the dude who scammed him, that dude's not coming back :(

YAY i finally understood why people answered $90/$100 but i actually support $90

here's why --

do you remember when the shop owner took a real $100 from the cafe owner? AND then he gave $90 to the thief.

i'm not going to count $90 as the shop owner's money since he only used it for the exchange so basically he got a free $10

OP wrote this" "the shop owner gave ANOTHER $100 to the cafe owner" right? but he got a free $10 at the cashier so that means he lost $90

i don't support the statement where it says "the shop owner lost $10 from the newspaper" because he never gained anything from the newspaper to begin w/. it has no value in itself!! :-)

maybe we could say that he lost $90 + how much he bought the newspaper but we do not know that so we're just gonna say that he lost $90

blister has got it everyone. u can go home now!

mindful says

money thief gives $100 (fake bill) for a $10 newspaper

shop owner gets a fake $100 and goes to the cafe owner to exchange which means he got a real $100 bill

he gives $90 to the money thief

the shop owner gives $100 to the cafe owner

the shop owner lost $90 to the thief + $100 to the cafe owner = $190

WHY ISNT THE ANSWER $190????

the $90 dollars was never his to begin with and he gained 10 bucks from the thief.

well he gained at beginning 10 $ then he lost 100$
100-10 = 90 $

100 Without decreasing the 10 $ he gained so
both 90 and 100 work x3

the answer is 90$
doh xD

i really cannot help think of u all as a bunch of monkeys rn

ok i gave it a quick read

the shop owner had to give 100 dollars CONFIRMED to the cafe owner

he gained 10 bucks from the newsletter

the 90 bucks he gave to the thief wasn't actually from his own pocket so clearly the answer is

100 - 10 = 90

simple right??

Arcbell says

The store owner starts with 0 of his own money before the thief comes into play. He gains 100 in 10s from the cafe owner. Then he loses 90 in 10s to the thief. Then he loses 100 to the cafe owner.

0 + 100 - 90 - 100 = -90

negative 90 means he lost 90 dollars

@highspace, bigpock, denial

@mindful

i was trying to solve this riddle but the language barrier gave me a headache

money thief gives $100 (fake bill) for a $10 newspaper

shop owner gets a fake $100 and goes to the cafe owner to exchange which means he got a real $100 bill

he gives $90 to the money thief

the shop owner gives $100 to the cafe owner

the shop owner lost $90 to the thief + $100 to the cafe owner = $190

WHY ISNT THE ANSWER $190????

why isnt the answer $190????

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Sonrio says

Guys we're 6 pages in and the answer is still $90

pressing concern for you