MATH MEMES

#mathmemes #mathshorts

[Revoltition]

IF they're talking about the total earnings, then it's 400, and if they're talking about how much money do i have total, then it's 1300

[aperson]

Knowing my luck with 70-80% odds, I'm taking the 1mil.

[ThatSoddingGamer]

That math one likes to trick you. The only things you need to keep in mind is 'how much did you start out with' ($800). How much you ended up with ($1300), and how much debt was involved (-$100). So, $1300 - $800 - $100 = $400. Basically, the cow trader sold the cow too early and it cost them $100 of their theoretical maximum of $500 profit for this trading period (If they bought it for $800 and held on to it until they found the one that wanted it for $1300, assuming they still existed in this alternate reality).

The OP in the reddit post actually self-owned, and it really messed with my ability to work out the reality of the equation. You tend to assume that they knew what they were talking about, but they didn't in this case.

[xaigamer]

you did a perfect impression of the guy saying math aint about numbers (for reference, see the 5 sided square)

[dangerzone]

Let's say he has 800
He bought it for 800
Now he has 0
He sold it for 1000
Now he has 1000
He bought it for 1100
Now he has -100
He sold it for 1300
So he got 1200

[markreadette]

Number 2 is 1400 if you start with 1000

[liampender]

$100 Because $1000-$800 equates to $200 profit from the first sale. Buying the cow back results in the person using the $1000 they just got for selling the cow plus an additional $100 to buy the cow again. Selling the cow for $1300 against $1100 results in $200 profit and taking away the extra $100 the person used to buy the cow against makes the final profit $100.

[davidgavranic]

The profit is 400 though? You spent 800, got back 1000, spent another 100 over than and got 1300 hundred, so in total you spent 900 dollars, and you ended up with 1300, that's 400 dollars profit.

[RandomEG]

If I get a chance to instantly have 1 million, I am taking it. Because even if there's a 50 million dollar prize, it still is ungarunteed. So, I will invest $500, 000.00 of the million for at least 30 years, and see me have way more than 5 million hopefully.

[AlexandreSardeiro]

Red button. I can turn 1 million in 50 million later and, even if I don't 1 million is not bad at all. With the green button, I risk losing the 50 million.

[matthewyoung]

Bro only made 1200 bucks off that cow he first bought it for 800 then he sold it for 1000 bucks for 200 bucks then he bought it back at 1100 bucks which means he is down 100 bucks then he sells it for 1300 bucks and now has 1200 bucks

[I_Lve_Toast]

It is 400 tho.... you spent 800 so -800 you got a 1000 so +200 you spent 1100 so -900 they you sold for 1300 so you have 400 that you didn't start with

[ZemeckusRamey]

Bought cow for 800 now 800 in the hole

sold for 1k, now jas peofit of two hundred

Bought cow back, now back to being 1300 on the hole.

Them sold it for 1300, so answer zero