Toughest riddle ??!!

I have $ 50.

Spend__________Balance
20______________30
15______________15
9______________ 6
6______________ 0
-----------------------------
50______________ 51
-----------------------------
How is this balance of $ 1 ?

gvrajans wrote: Toughest riddle ??!!

I have $ 50.

Spend__________Balance
20______________30
15______________15
9______________ 6
6______________ 0
-----------------------------
50______________ 51
-----------------------------
How is this balance of $ 1 ?

Well lets see. Ya got $50. Add up your spends left column = $50 Add up your balance right column = $51

Ok now lets see......ya got $50 and you spend $20 so that would of course leave you with $30.

Now you spend $15 which is half of the $30 so you have $15.

You spend $9 out of the $15 would leave $6 balance.
But then you spend that $6 and you would have nothing left.

My gosh, this is hair pulling!!!

Well, all I can think of is, you already had $1 in your pocket.

valerie wrote:

gvrajans wrote: Toughest riddle ??!!

I have $ 50.

Spend__________Balance
20______________30
15______________15
9______________ 6
6______________ 0
-----------------------------
50______________ 51
-----------------------------
How is this balance of $ 1 ?

Well lets see. Ya got $50. Add up your spends left column = $50 Add up your balance right column = $51

Ok now lets see......ya got $50 and you spend $20 so that would of course leave you with $30.

Now you spend $15 which is half of the $30 so you have $15.

You spend $9 out of the $15 would leave $6 balance.
But then you spend that $6 and you would have nothing left.

My gosh, this is hair pulling!!!

Well, all I can think of is, you already had $1 in your pocket.

Wait wait.

Let's see who comes up with a answer. I must admit that ClixSense has bright intellectuals in its forum.

Spend $1 each time and if you add the balances you'll end up with $1225. I might have $50 in my pocket on one day and $49 on the next but that doesn't mean I've ever had $99.

Ok just because you spend money does not mean you don't get money back.

The confusion is in the addition since each side seems correct.

You must not add the balance

That is not the logic. Well lets make an exception and add them once

Spent Balance
20 _____ 30
15 _____ 15
9 _____ 6
6 _____ 0
----------------
50 _____ 51



Lets make a justification here

Lets try deducing the spent part alone in descending order

Spent
20
15
9
6
------
50

50-6-9-15-20 = 0

Now lets try deducing the balance part alone in descending order

Balance
30
15
6
0
------
51

51-0-6-15-30 = 0

Riddle solved

Lets look up another example,

I have $100

Spent Balance
1 _____ 99
2 _____ 97
3 _____ 94
4 _____ 90
5 _____ 85
6 _____ 79
7 _____ 72
8 _____ 64
9 _____ 55
10 _____ 45
11 _____ 34
34 _____ 0
----------------
100 _____ 814

Hence it is not logical to sum up the balance part as it would give highly unjustified results

I get what you're saying but I still don't get where the extra dollar is.

If you add the spend, it still comes to $50.

You go in the store and you take out a $50 bill to pay for $20 worth of product.
You get a 20 dollar bill and a 10 dollar bill in change.

Now you go to a gas station and get gas that comes to $20. You pay with the 20.

You've got $10 left and you go to a hot dog stand and buy $10 worth of dogs.

Now you have $0 left.

Oh......Ok.....I see.

Well......how do I get my money back for them hot dogs?