How are people coming up with 195...? There was only one 100 dollar bill involved in the transaction...
when he buys the DVD
He starts with 14 dollars
buys the DVD 14-14 =0 dollars...
Sells the DVD for 19 dollars=19 dollars now
+5 dollars in profit... He now has 19 dollars in the register... (Of real money) He owes the owner of the store 100 dollars so he needs to get an extra 81 dollars to pay the store owner... So 81+19=100 but now his register is empty... He loses the 5 dollars profit and the 14 dollars he used to buy the DVD +81 extra dollars... so he loses 100 dollars if I am reading this right........?
when he buys the DVD
He starts with 14 dollars
buys the DVD 14-14 =0 dollars...
Sells the DVD for 19 dollars=19 dollars now
+5 dollars in profit... He now has 19 dollars in the register... (Of real money) He owes the owner of the store 100 dollars so he needs to get an extra 81 dollars to pay the store owner... So 81+19=100 but now his register is empty... He loses the 5 dollars profit and the 14 dollars he used to buy the DVD +81 extra dollars... so he loses 100 dollars if I am reading this right........?
Thank you for clarifying this... I was like how are they getting 195....
then the answer is
he has 19 in his register and owes 100... so he needs 81 more dollars... and he already has given 81
so he gives the 81 (to the store owner)+81 he has already given (In change) =162+the 19 in his register (Which he has to now give to the store owner to pay off the debt)=181... + the 14 he paid for the movie originally=
195 Ok now I got it....
But now the question is asked... is the 14 he already paid for the movie originally already in the register with the 19 dollars that helps him pay off the debt he owes.... If we believe that then the answer is 181...
He gave the customer 81 dollars in change + the movie which is worth 14 dollars so 95 to him
He gave the store owner 100 total back...
so yes the answer is 195
Max Loss of $94.99
-There are no DVDs in the entire store and the owner only has $94.99 in the cash register.
-The store owner buys the DVD for $14.
-The owner now has 1 DVD and $80.99 in cash register. If there was any more than this amount, the owner would have had enough change for the customer.
(-$14 on the transaction)
-The DVD was sold for $19 in cash, but the owner doesn't have enough change for the customer.
-The store owner exchanges the customers $100 bill for 100 $1 bills.
-Store owner gives the customer back $81 and puts the excess $19 into the register.
-There is now $99.99 ($80.99+$19) in the register.
(+$5 on the transaction)
-The $100 bill is counterfeit, and the store owner now owes his neighbor $100
-But the most the store owner can have in his register at this time is $99.99.
-So he pays him all the money in the register ($99.99).
-Store owner was +$5 on the transaction, but is now -$94.99 ($99.99-$5) on the transaction.
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-There are no DVDs in the entire store and the owner only has $94.99 in the cash register.
-The store owner buys the DVD for $14.
-The owner now has 1 DVD and $80.99 in cash register. If there was any more than this amount, the owner would have had enough change for the customer.
(-$14 on the transaction)
-The DVD was sold for $19 in cash, but the owner doesn't have enough change for the customer.
-The store owner exchanges the customers $100 bill for 100 $1 bills.
-Store owner gives the customer back $81 and puts the excess $19 into the register.
-There is now $99.99 ($80.99+$19) in the register.
(+$5 on the transaction)
-The $100 bill is counterfeit, and the store owner now owes his neighbor $100
-But the most the store owner can have in his register at this time is $99.99.
-So he pays him all the money in the register ($99.99).
-Store owner was +$5 on the transaction, but is now -$94.99 ($99.99-$5) on the transaction.
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