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Monday, January 16, 2017

Where Is The Other Dollar?

I saw this fun little mind-teaser tonight online.


Not surprisingly, the confusion comes in the framing of the question itself, and the exact "sleight of hand" occurred in the equation. Adding $49 and $49 to equal $98 is the current sum of the outstanding debt. Subtracting (not adding) another $1 has the equalizing sum of $97.

Here is an answer key to illustrate it fully.



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