pluzzle – echowoven.com https://echowoven.com Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://echowoven.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/favicon_alternatech-60x60.png pluzzle – echowoven.com https://echowoven.com 32 32 This Seemingly Simple Cow Riddle Has Left People Baffled. Can You Solve It? https://echowoven.com/this-seemingly-simple-cow-riddle-has-left-people-baffled-can-you-solve-it/ https://echowoven.com/this-seemingly-simple-cow-riddle-has-left-people-baffled-can-you-solve-it/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:45 +0000 https://echowoven.com/?p=73986 This ‘too absurd’ puzzle puts your mathematics skills to the test as you try to work out how much one man earned as he repeatedly bought and sold a cow. Can you figure out how much profit he earned?

Let’s dive in and see if we can solve it together!

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The Puzzle: A Cow and Some Numbers

Here’s how the puzzle goes:

  • You buy a cow for $800.
  • You sell the cow for $1000, making a profit of $200.
  • You buy the cow again for $1100, but since you already made a profit of $200 from the first transaction, your effective cost for the second purchase is reduced to $900.
  • Finally, you sell the cow again for $1300, making a profit of $400 ($1300 – $900).

So, What’s the Correct Answer?

If you’ve been following along, you might have already guessed it. The correct answer to this cow math puzzle is $400. Let’s break it down step by step:

  •  Buy cow for $800
  • Sell cow for $1000
  • You now have +$200
  • Buy cow back for $1100
  • You now have -$900
  • Sell cow again for $1300
  • Total profit = $400

Did you get it?

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