This sounds silly but I saw this and I couldn't figure it out so I thought you could help. The below is what I saw.
You see a top you want to buy for $\$97$, but you don't have any money so you borrow $\$50$ from your mom and $\$50$ from your dad. You buy the top and have $\$3$ change, you give your mom $\$1$,your dad $\$1$, and keep $\$1$ for yourself. You now owe your mom $\$49$ and your dad $\$49$.
$\$49 + \$49 = \$98$ and you kept $\$1$. Where is the missing $\$1$?
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$\begingroup$You owe them 98 dollars, 97 of which were spent on the top and 1 of which you kept. There is no missing dollar.
$\endgroup$ $\begingroup$top = 97
from each parent: 48.50
48.50 + 48.50 = 97
remainder from each parent = 1.50 x 2 = 3.00
3.00 - (1.00 to each parent = 2) - (1.00 for yourself = 1) = 0
owed to each parent: 48.50 [97]
giving one dollar to each parent: 49.50 [99]
check your pocket for the remaining dollar. [100]
$\endgroup$ $\begingroup$He owed his parents \$49 + \$49 = \$98,but he bought the dress, \$97....therefore \$97 + \$1(he had left)= \$98....considering he gave the parents each a dollar,(\$2)....
\$97(cost of dress) + \$1(had with her) + \$2(gave to the parents) = \$100
$\endgroup$ $\begingroup$Accountability... total debt= 100 USD Top= 97 USD Debt to your mom= 48.5 USD + pay back to her 1 USD = 49.5 USD Debt to your dad= 48.5 USD + pay back to him 1 USD = 49.5 USD Debt both of them (still in your pocket)= 1 USD Total = 100 USD
No dollar missing.
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