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Someone borrows $100 from you and then steals $500 from you to pay the $100. You gave him $400 change...................

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Someone borrows $100 from you and
then steals $500 from you to pay the $100.
You gave him $400 change.
How much did you lose ?

posted Jun 24, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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$500 is the lost

answer Jun 24, 2019 by Hanifa Mammadov



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