POLL: MAN STEALS $100 FROM a STORE'S REGISTER. THEN HE BUYS $70 OF GOODS FROM THAT STORE & GETS $30 CHANGE. HOW MUCH DID THE STORE LOSE?

He "paid" with the $100 bill he stole, that was made clear on the first page. I don't know how many times I have to explain this, but somebody will have to take over for me.

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Last Edited by Ginseng on 01/25/2023 07:10 PM

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Of course it is...

Yall need chatGPT. Even school kids smart enough to use it for simple shit like this lol

From chatgpt:

Me: MAN STEALS $100 FROM a STORE'S REGISTER. THEN HE BUYS $70 OF GOODS FROM THAT STORE & GETS $30 CHANGE. HOW MUCH DID THE STORE LOSE?

Gpt: The store lost $100.

Me: Please explain.

Gpt: The man stole $100 from the store's register. He then used that money to buy $70 worth of goods from the store and received $30 in change. So the store lost the $100 that was stolen, minus the $70 that the man spent on goods and the $30 in change he received, which totals $100 - $70 - $30 = $0. The store lost $100 in total.

Me: But you aren’t accounting for what they would of potentially made if he didn’t steal cash

Chat gpt: You are correct, my previous answer did not take into account the potential lost revenue for the store if the man had not stolen the money. The store would have had the initial $100 from the register, plus an additional $70 from the man's purchase, for a total of $170. Subtracting the $70 and $30 in change the man received, the store would have lost out on $170 - $70 - $30 = $70 in potential revenue. So the store would have lost $70 in potential revenue, in addition to the $100 that was stolen.


Interesting…..

Me: which answer is correct?

GPT: Both of my previous answers are correct, but they provide different information.

The first answer, "The store lost $100," is correct in the sense that the store had $100 stolen from its register, and that money is no longer in its possession.

The second answer, "The store would have lost $70 in potential revenue," is correct in the sense that if the man had not stolen the money, the store would have had the opportunity to make $70 in additional revenue from the man's purchase.

In summary, the store lost $100 from the theft and also lost an opportunity to make $70 in additional revenue.

You seem surprised?

They came out even

No morons. He took $100. Store lost $100.
Used it to buy $70 goods. Store lost $70.
Store gives gives back $30. Its equals out because $70 + $30 equals the $100 stolen cash.

Therefore the shop lost $100 bill with $70 items. So it would be $1700 lost.

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You are given the answer.

"Man steals $100 from a store's register."

Therefore the store lost $100.

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As for the rest

"Then he Buys $70 of Goods from a Store & Gets $30 Change."

Simple legal transaction. Who that man is and how he paid for the goods is totally irrelevant.

No maths needed.

200 bucks minus the 40 bucks in profit pricing from the products. So about 160 bucks the store lost!!!

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so what's the answer? get no time to read 24 pages of calculations. it's 170 $ for me tho.

Can I change my answer?

Just the $100. That he came back or that anyone else came in and purchased items is immaterial to the original theft - that's just a standard purchase. The only adjustment to that would be that he did made the purchase of $70 worth of items (not somebody else), and the store probably made $20 more on those items, so they lost maybe $80 dollars or so.

The first half of the question describes a loss, and gives you the exact amount of that loss.

The second half describes an exchange of goods for cash. And according to OP's rules, no profit or loss resulted from the exchange.

So when looking for a loss, to which part of the question do you feel is relevant?

The store is out 30 dollars and whatever the cost of the 70 dollars of bought items the store initially paid for them.

Here is another way to understand the question.

Assume the first half of question (Man steals $100 ...) but instead, you were able to offer the shop owner two choices on the outcome:

A - allow the thief to return, use the stolen $100 to purchase $70 of goods and provide $30 in change, or

B - NOT allow the thief to return (and thereby, preventing the purchase of $70 of goods and the $30 in change)


Which choice would be in the best interest of the shop owner?

Are the two options equivalent?


** bonus Rick and Morty perpsective... isn't the initial theft of the $100 just 'extra steps'... in other words, what if he just stole $70 of goods and robbed the till of $30? Now, how much did he steal?

He stole 30 in cash and 70 worth of store merchandise.

Where is my prize?

In other words, roughly 61 percent of the people who post here are fucking stupid.

Your prize is not being a retard.

Common Core math?