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28/03/19

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Originally posted by AntN ↑

You see an item for $97.
You borrow $50 from your mum, $50 from your dad ($100) and purchase the item.
Of the $3 dollars change you give your mum $1 and your dad $1 and keep $1.
You now owe both mum and dad $49 each.

2x$49= $98 + the $1 you have = $99.

What happened to the $1.

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That's totally doing my head in. What I would have done was borrowed $50 from my mum and $47 from my dad. Then I would have owed my mum $50 and my dad $47, had no change and no headaches
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