A man takes two £50 notes from the till of a hardware shop whilst the owner isn't looking. He then buys a £70 hammer drill and hands over the two notes and receives three £10 notes in change. How much money has the owner lost?
Weekend Figuring : A man takes two £5... - British Heart Fou...
Weekend Figuring
Owner has lost £100 unless the man who stole the money puts the £30 change back in the till.
The owner has lost £30 as the £70 has gone back in the till after the purchase of the hammer.
£30 cash from the till, in addition to the wholesale cost of the hammer drill.
Loss is £30 cash, plus £70 as the retail value of the drill but which may be considerably less as in as a bought in item cost to the business.
£200. £100 from the till. £70 retail price of the drill + £30 change.
Originally £100 stolen from the till
£70 item removed from the store (or cost value)
£30 'change' which wasn't really owed as the original payment didn't belong to the person.
The till is down by £130 and goods by £70.
. . .
£100. A £70 drill and £30.
My brain is saying £200 but I'm never right.🤣
Teacher asked class” if you have £2 in one pocket and £5 in the other pocket what have you got?”
Little Tommy at the back shouts out…
“Someone else's trousers on miss”
🤪
Basically it's £30 in cash plus the cost to the business of the drill. This is actually more than the trade price to buy it in. Overheads such as rent, rates, energy, salaries, etc. all come in to it. This is what brought companies down in the pandemic when these exceeded the profit margin!
£100
Did it give the owner of the shop a heart attack?
£30 cash and the value of the drill which is probably less than £70
As you ask how much CASH has he lost the answer is £30
£100 or a £70.00 hammer plus £30.00
£130. But don't ask me to explain how I reached that conclusion.
£170. The owner has lost the £100 that was taken from the till plus the £70 cost of the drill. The £30 change is part of the original £100 which was taken from the till so shouldn’t be counted a second time. I think 🤔
30 quid plus drill cost
The £30 change plus the cost of the drill. The original stolen £100 went back into the till.
£170 The £100 in cash and the cost of the drill.
Ignore the cost of the drill ,the toll is physically down by 60.00 ( reasoning -100 stolen + 70 recrived
-30 change equals -60.00
Forgive the spelling mistakez
Z ???
Apologies all - I forgot to add the sale value to the running till total so £130.00 down
😂😂 xxx
Sooooo .... is there an official answer to this?? Seem to be several answers. The question asks how much money has the owner lost, so I would say £30 plus cost price of the drill.