Lunatik
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Think of 3 people. They combine their money to go buy a CD Player from an electronics store.
The cost of the CD Player is $30. So, they each pay $10, buy the CD Player and leave the store.
The store owner then remembers that the CD Players are on sale and the actual price is only $25.
Being an honest salesman, he sends his young assistant after the customers who just left the store to return the $5 difference.
But the assistant thinks he cannot divide $5 equally among 3 customers. So he decides to keep $2 for himself and returns $1 to each custemer.
Meaning they have bought the CD Player for only $9 each.
Now, let's think about what happened...
$9 x 3 persons = $27
Okay.
And the young assistant has pocketed $2.
Okay.
That is $27 + $2 = $29!
But, but, what happened to the missing $1?
The cost of the CD Player is $30. So, they each pay $10, buy the CD Player and leave the store.
The store owner then remembers that the CD Players are on sale and the actual price is only $25.
Being an honest salesman, he sends his young assistant after the customers who just left the store to return the $5 difference.
But the assistant thinks he cannot divide $5 equally among 3 customers. So he decides to keep $2 for himself and returns $1 to each custemer.
Meaning they have bought the CD Player for only $9 each.
Now, let's think about what happened...
$9 x 3 persons = $27
Okay.
And the young assistant has pocketed $2.
Okay.
That is $27 + $2 = $29!
But, but, what happened to the missing $1?
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