{"id":624,"date":"2026-10-05T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/?p=624"},"modified":"2026-10-05T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:16:00","slug":"solution-how-much-did-the-shop-owner-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"SOLUTION: HOW MUCH DID THE SHOP OWNER LOSE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/839453289_1928228365253228_1133231723013604910_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/839453289_1928228365253228_1133231723013604910_n.jpg 541w, https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/839453289_1928228365253228_1133231723013604910_n-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer is <strong>$100<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the breakdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The man steals <strong>$100<\/strong> \u2192 shop loses $100.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He comes back and uses that same $100 to buy <strong>$70 worth of goods<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The shop owner gives him <strong>$30 change<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the stolen $100 is returned to the shop, but the owner gives away:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>$70 in goods + $30 in cash = $100<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 Final answer: <strong>$100<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trick is that the original stolen $100 eventually comes back to the shop. The owner&#8217;s actual loss is the <strong>$70 of merchandise + $30 cash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\ude0f <strong>Did you get it right?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The answer is $100. Here&#8217;s the breakdown: So the stolen $100 is returned to the shop, but the owner gives away: $70 in goods + $30 in cash = $100 \u2705 Final answer: $100 The trick is that the original stolen $100 eventually comes back to the shop. The owner&#8217;s actual loss is the $70 &#8230; <a title=\"SOLUTION: HOW MUCH DID THE SHOP OWNER LOSE?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/?p=624\" aria-label=\"Read more about SOLUTION: HOW MUCH DID THE SHOP OWNER LOSE?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipestips.el-maarifa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}