Interesting Mathematical Puzzle

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A lady buys goods worth Rs.200 from a shop. (shopkeeper selling the goods with zero profit). The lady gives him 1000 Rs note. The shopkeeper gets change from the next shop and keeps 200 for himself and returns Rs.800 to the lady. Later the shopkeeper of the next shop comes with the 1000 Rs note saying "conterfeit" and takes his money back.

"How much LOSS (in Rs.) did the shopkeeper face ?"


The answer is 1000.

Bansri Patel by Bansri Patel , 26, India

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1 solution

Pakhi Gupta
Feb 20, 2014

Cost of things he sold=Rs. 200

Money he gave back to customer=Rs. 800

Money he have to give to the shopkeeper of the next shop=Rs. 1000

Total Loss=1000+200+800 =Rs. 2000

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Its wrong..Money he gave backk to customer is not something he has given from his pocket ,rather got it from shopkeeper 2. .. Total loss is 1000(200 Rs product + 800 rs given back to shopkeeper2)

Debananda Ghosh - 7 years, 2 months ago

exactly

Ritika Das - 7 years, 3 months ago

correct !

Prerna Chadha - 7 years, 3 months ago

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