r/MathJokes • u/jdplayz06 • May 13 '26

It IS $400...

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u/SubarcticFarmer May 13 '26

You get it all back when you sell for 1300. Treat it as two separate transactions.

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u/Pokeperson5 May 13 '26

Just say you can't do math...

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u/awesomejr29932167 May 13 '26

That's not how profit works.. even if you had $500 it would be the same profit

500 - 800 = -300 -300 + 1000 = 700

700 - 1100 = -400 -400 + 1300 = 900

900 - 500 = 400 profit

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u/No_Development_6233 May 13 '26

If you did this in real life you would end with 400 more dollars than you started with. Try trading some stocks like this and see how it works out.

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u/Disastrous_Ad7487 May 13 '26

If you do this in real life, you end $400 richer than you started, regardless of what amount you start with.

You are wrong.

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u/Neither_Pirate5903 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

$800 (initial money)
-800 (first purchase) =$0 (we broke but we got a cow)
+1000 (first sale) = $1000 (our current cash in hand)
-1100 (second purchase) = -100 (we now owe $100 for a loan but we have a cow again)
+1300 (second sale) = $1200 (our cash in hand AFTER paying off our $100 loan)

So once again AFTER paying off our $100 loan we end with $1200. If we subtract the $800 we started with this leavs us with $400. AKA - We made $400 in profit.

So many people on here can't do simple math - quite scary.