I bought a cow for 800 dollars
I sold it for 1000 dollars
I bought it again for 1100 dollars
Then I sold it again for 1300 dollars
How much have I earned?
A social media puzzle involving a cow has left people baffled – despite being a seemingly-simple maths problem.
Studies have revealed that the more you exercise your brain by solving hard puzzles, the smarter you tend to be. Optical illusions and brain teasers try to provide some fascinating insights related to how our brains work.
This puzzle gets players to work out how much a man would earn after buying and selling his cow. The problem has been described as “too absurd” and another said the challenge “appears to be simple” but actually isn’t given people on X (formerly Twitter ) ended up with all different answers. Scroll down to see the puzzle and take part.
The quiz states that a man bought a cow for $800 and the sold it for $1000. He bought the cow again for $1100 and then sold it again for $1300. How much did the man earn?
A number of people guessed the man was left with $100, $200, or $300. Others jibed about the man in the quizzes’ financial decisions. One individual said: “You earned my respect bro, you are a real trader.”
Another added: “I don’t know, but you make questionable financial decisions.” Meanwhile, a third said: “I need to buy and sell cows, seems like easy money.”
Daily Quiz and Riddles shared the challenge on social media and raked in over 25,000 views. After two days of people trying to guess the man’s final earnings, the answers have been revealed.
@quiz_riddles on X confirmed the final profit is $400. They explained that after spending $800 the man had no income and loss all the money. Then with his $1000 income he made a $200 profit by selling the cow. Then buying it again for $1100 he lost $900. But when he sold it again for $1300 he earnt a $400 profit.
On X one individual commented: “I knew it, someone tried to convince me that I was wrong.” Another dubbed the quiz as “easy peasy”.
Another explained: “If your only money is the initial spent($800) your total earned is $300 because you will have a -$100 on your acct. But in this scenario where only earned is the answer on both transaction you will get $400.”
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