Sunday, October 16, 2022

Two Man Profit Quiz

Our contributor who has recently been specializing in quizzes sent me another puzzler that has been going around the internet, as follows:

Two men each put $20 on the table.  The first man gives the second man $30 & picks up the $40 on the table.  Did each man make a $10 profit?


9 comments:

  1. NO.
    Second man (B) makes $10 profit while first (A) looses $10.
    First man (A) put $20 on the table and gave $30 to the second man (B) which equals $50. Man A picks up the $40, so $40-$50=-10 He lost $10.
    Man B received $30 so his profit is $30-$20 = $10.

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  2. No the first man paid 50 to get 40. The second man paid 20 and got 30

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  3. The 1st guy lost 10$ and the second guy gained 10. The first man loses 10$

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  4. Man 1 and Man 2 each put $20 on the table - total $40 on the table.

    Man 1 gives $30 in order to take the $40 already on the table. At this point Man 1 has contributed $50 on the table but now has $40, a $10 loss to Man 1. There is $30 left on the table.

    Man 2 has the $30 on the table which is a $10 profit.

    tlg

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  5. Can not wrap my head around this one, it does seem like each makes $10. I laid the cash on the desk, it still comes out, each makes $10. I pulled the cash out, laid it on the top and yes according to that they each made $10, I know there is a catch some place.

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    1. I read the other answers. ​​I see and understand,
      So man buying the $40 for $30 loses $10 because $20 of the $40 was put in by him.
      Is so weird even using cash, but makes one think, so it is just a thought bending exercise, not to really make any profit except for the person that only contributes $20.
      Thanks Doug

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  6. First man lost $10, Second man make $10

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  7. I entitled the post Two Man Profit Quiz to make the best common sense point I could that two people sitting @ a table could not both make money just by pushing a fixed sum of money around. If that was true you & I could sit @ a table all day long & each make $10 time after time. There was no one creating value which is required for an economy to prosper.

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  8. It seems like the1st man lost $ 10 & 2nd gained $ 10.

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