it's a riddle..

[VR6_Wherry]

You see a bargain in a shop for £97 but don’t have the money to buy it so you borrow £50
from one friend and £50 from another. (£50 + £50 = £100) You get £3 change, you give £1
to one friend and £1 to the other and keep a £1 yourself. This means that you now owe
each of your friends £49 but hang on... ( £49 + £49 = £98 ) plus the £1 you kept = £99..
Where is the missing pound?

[cullygti]

in the till of the shop  :grin:along with the other 96 of them 

[haf1zur]

the missing pound is the pound you kept

there is no missing pound

49 +49 = 98 plus the two pounds you gave them already = 100

[The Mighty Elvi]

You see a bargain in a shop for £97 but don’t have the money to buy it so you borrow £50
from one friend and £50 from another. (£50 + £50 = £100) You get £3 change, you give £1
to one friend and £1 to the other and keep a £1 yourself. This means that you now owe
each of your friends £49 but hang on... ( £49 + £49 = £98 ) plus the £1 you kept = £99..
Where is the missing pound?

You don't work for LLoyds TSB by any chance?

 

[bunj]

£49 + £49 = £98 -£1 you kept = £97 + the £3 change you got = £100

[VR6_Wherry]

You see a bargain in a shop for £97 but don’t have the money to buy it so you borrow £50
from one friend and £50 from another. (£50 + £50 = £100) You get £3 change, you give £1
to one friend and £1 to the other and keep a £1 yourself. This means that you now owe
each of your friends £49 but hang on... ( £49 + £49 = £98 ) plus the £1 you kept = £99..
Where is the missing pound?

You don't work for LLoyds TSB by any chance?

 

 

Not had these posts for ages, wanted to see if people still used their brains

[Guy]

£49 + £49 = £98 -£1 you kept = £97 + the £3 change you got = £100

easiest way to put it

[RandomJord]

Eleven

[Dan_GTi8v]

there is no spoon

[bob23]

No, the answer is definitely 42.

Dan, sorry but there is a spoon!