re: Help with riddle - How Much Money Did The Store Lose?

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Resident accountant here…

$70 worth of product, $30 worth of cash.

Now I’ll go read the thread and see what everyone else came up with.

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No, as others have said - the later sale has nothing to do with it. He stole $100. Period. Coming back and buying a $70 item (or any $ item) has no bearing on it. The $100 and $30 change is just a red herring to make you think it's related.

Do we have to somehow show that he used the same bill with the same serial #? Would that make a difference? NO!

He bought $70 of stuff, period. He could have used $70 in cash and no change, he could have put it on his credit card, he could have used a DIFFERENT $100 bill!

Either way, again, the cash register will show $100 short that was stolen. Later, the $70 item sale all matches - no shortage in the cash register. It is a separate transaction.

Yes, $70 + $30 = $100, but it doesn't matter.