Brain Teaser

[Nat]

$200

 

[mojo]

$100 is your answer not taking into account retail vs wholesale.

 

[mfoster]

The real answer is 70 the 200 was a goverment answer.

 

[Tiger13]

Approach it as two different stores. Stole $100 from store A. Bought $70 item and got change in store B. Store A is out $100. Store B has no loss, sold $70 and added $70 in cash to register. Only "loss" was original $100.

You could also use same store different customer approach to get to only $100 loss.

 

[NorthGA_Recon]

Wholesale cost of the goods + $30

He lost out on the sail cost of those goods though

 

[NorthGA_Recon]

It's 100 bucks

 

[above_all]

$100 taken from register and returned to register, null.

$30 change and the value of lost sale of the purchased items ($70).

$100

 

[LARGO9]

200

 

[offbeat404]

 

[jpowell44]

Approach it as two different stores. Stole $100 from store A. Bought $70 item and got change in store B. Store A is out $100. Store B has no loss, sold $70 and added $70 in cash to register. Only "loss" was original $100.

You could also use same store different customer approach to get to only $100 loss.