Someone came into my shop and stole $100 from the register without my knowledge............How much money did I Loose ?

Question

Someone came into my shop and
stole $100 from the register without my knowledge.
The Person came back with the same $100 five minutes later
and he bought $70 in items and
I gave him back $30 change.
How much money did I Loose ?

Answer 1

The money transaction with respect to the shop keeper goes like this
-100 (stolen)
-70 (item given) +100 (money recieved)
-30 (money returned in change)
That leaves us at -100$ ie., a 100 dollar loss.

It can be looked at a different way as well. Once the 100 dollar was stolen it is gone. The further act of buying from that 100 dollars wont cause any more loss.

Answer 2

The answer is $ 100
The person who steals $100 from the register comes back to the shop and returns the same amount, but he gets items for $70 and $ 30. Therefore, he actually gets out of the shop with $100.

Answer 3

THE LOSS IS $100 UNLESS THERE IS A PROFIT IN SELLING THE $ 70 THAT CAN BE DEDUCTED FROM $100 BUT BECAUSE NOTHING MENTIONED, THEREFOR WE SHOULD ASSUME THE LOSS IS $ 100

Answer 4

Someone came into my shop and stole $100 from the register without my knowledge. The Person came back with the same $100 five minutes later and he bought $70 in items and I gave him back $30 change.How much money did I Loose ?

loss amount= $100 (stolen money using that he bought one item of cost $70 and he left with $30 ) + $70 (amount of item which shopkeeper sold to that man) = $170
so, he got loss of $170 money.

Comments

Id say nil, the q was how much he lost, he worked at the shop so really the shop was at a loss and not him...