{"id":118221,"date":"2025-03-18T13:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=118221"},"modified":"2025-03-18T13:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:42:21","slug":"the-case-of-the-missing-dollar-a-puzzle-thats-trickier-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/the-case-of-the-missing-dollar-a-puzzle-thats-trickier-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case of the Missing Dollar: A Puzzle That\u2019s Trickier Than You Think!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alright, let\u2019s break this down step by step and uncover the mystery behind the &ldquo;missing dollar&rdquo;!\n<p>You saw a shirt for $97\u2014a great find! So, you borrowed $50 from mom and $50 from dad. That gives you a total of $100. You buy the shirt and, lo and behold, you get $3 in change.\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-118224 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/math-shirt-97.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"560\"' height='\"742\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/math-shirt-97.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><h3>Now, here&rsquo;s where it gets a little tricky:\n</h3><p>You decide to give $1 back to mom, $1 back to dad, and you keep $1 for yourself. So far, so good! You\u2019re now down to owing $49 to each of your parents.<br>\nNow, the puzzle says $49 + $49 = $98, and then adds that $1 you kept, bringing the total to $99. Hold up! You\u2019re wondering: where\u2019s that last dollar?\n</p><h3>Here\u2019s the twist: The $98 you owe already includes the $1 you kept for yourself! Let\u2019s put it into perspective:\n</h3><p>The $98 is your remaining debt after you returned $1 to each parent.<br>\n$97 is the cost of the shirt.<br>\nThe $1 you kept is embedded in that remaining balance.<br>\nSo, adding that $1 you kept to the $98 you owe creates a misleading equation. Instead of $98 + $1, you should just focus on the $98\u2014which includes the $97 for the shirt and the $1 you\u2019ve kept for yourself.\n</p><p>There\u2019s no missing dollar! It&rsquo;s all about how the numbers are framed. The dollar you \u201ckept\u201d is part of the $98 you still owe, not something to add on top.\n</p><p>The real moral of the story? Sometimes the trick isn\u2019t about what you\u2019re missing\u2014it\u2019s about how the question is framed. Now that you\u2019ve solved the puzzle, it\u2019s all clear!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Alright, let\u2019s break this down step by step and uncover the mystery behind the &ldquo;missing dollar&rdquo;! You saw a shirt for $97\u2014a great find! So, you borrowed $50 from mom and $50 from dad. That gives you a total of $100. You buy the shirt and, lo and behold, you get $3 in change. Now,\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[369],"class_list":{"0":"post-118221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quiz","8":"tag-games-quizz-hiddenobjects-challenge"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/math-shirt-97.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118225,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118221\/revisions\/118225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></strong></p>