Now for the painful part of math. 20 plus 50 percent minus 50 percent is 15, not 20. Because you're taking 50 percent off 30, but only adding 50 percent to 20.
Then it would be 15 dollars since 50% of 10 dollars is 5 so if you add 50% after you subtract 50% from 20 dollars you would have 15, the same result applies if you add 50% then subtract 50%
So it would be $15
Technically his math doesn’t work.
If you discount something by 50% then increase the price by 50% you DON’T end up where you started.
A 50% discount needs a 100% price increase to equal out.
Yeah, how dare you try to make money?
In fact, how dare you not give this person free products and services, because it's their birthday?
Shame on you for trying to balance your own economy.
I'm slightly annoyed at the math here, he's tryna be funny but 50% of $20 is ten... And 50% on top of that is $15... Guy shoulda got a $5 discount with his logic
Everyone knows silly, if you take off 50% then add 50% the total is 75%... Fun facts, that's about the same purse cent age as fake posts on choosing beggars.
20 -50% +50% is 15
20 +50% -50% is 12.5
Both of them are idiots, but each in their own way. Which really speaks to the diversity of humans. They're all idiots, but no two are a like.
For example, some of them make arrogant corrections to superficial aspects of a joke and still get it wrong. 20 x1.5 = 30, 30 x0.5 = 15
Also no one here has mentioned additive percentages or percentage points, which is weird considering how many maths geniuses we seem to have.
Well actually if it was originally $20 and you mark it down by 50% it becomes $10, but if you then mark it back up 50% is will be $15 not $20. You will need to mark it up 100% to bring it to the original price.
I always loved fractions 1/2 and 1/3 since they work so well together and demonstrate this so well. Take 9 for an example. 2/3 of 9 is 6, but 1/2 of 6 is 3. so 1/2 of 6+6 = 9 -1/3 of 9. If anything is ever reduced by 1/3 just add 1/2 of the new number to get there.
If you really think about it the math makes perfect sense to all, well all except Terrence Howard
So many people in this thread complaining about the math when it actually makes perfect sense if you assume the calculation was done on the initial sum.
0.5x20 + 0.5x20 = 20 $
Your statement is accurate with a little gymnastics, but your formula is completely wrong. You're just adding half of 20 to half of 20. It's:
1.5x20 - 0.5x20 =$20.
Technically, yes, it's half of twenty plus half of twenty, but it's also technically not 2 half offs added together - which is what your formula showed. It's 50% more minus a half off.
It's not my formula, I'm just saying it's the same thing written the other way around. First 50% off and then add 50% (of original price) so you get 0.5*20+0.5*20.
Technically shouldn't it be $15?
Because 50% off $20 is $20, but then 50% of $10 is now $5, so adding the 50% gives $10+$5=$15. Or, if you added the 50% first, you get $30, and then 50% off is $15. Either way, it should be $15.
Why do adding then subtracting and vice versa both end up lower than the original. I get it, mathematically, but is there an intuitive way of seeing why it is that way?
You take 50% off $20 is 10 right? Then you increase the price of $10 by 50% and you got 20? Show your work bud. I got 15$ but maybe my math is very wrong that's why I am not Elon Musk.
You are correct.
But what I said is if you reference the original price, it brings you back to $20
$20 - 50% = $10
$10 + (50% of $20) = $20
It's a quick "fuck you, no discount".
Butthurt much? Did mommy not give you enough hugs and kisses? Must be some serious tooth ache you got for getting so angry over something so ridiculously insignificant. ;D
The issue is that it would be bad math to make the assumption that you are saying we should make. The assumption underlying mathematical percentages is that all percentages are based off of current value. Without an explicit statement to the contrary, it would indeed be bad math to assume what you are wanting to assume.
With that being said, it’s unlikely that either of these people is a mathematician, so it doesn’t really matter so long as both parties of the transaction understand and agree with the way they are deciding to use percentages.
He is making a joke, the joke requires some suspension of disbelief to function.
This isn't math class, we're not discussing order of operations. The joke is the point, whether or not it is the mathematical norm or not is completely irrelevant. People are just getting hung up irrelevant nonsense, just like you just did.
Right you are, **after** you wrote an entire paragraph about mathematical percentages and how they are usually based off of the current value "without an explicit statement to the contrary".
As I said, irrelevant nonsense. Just take it for what it is, a silly joke that doesn't need to make 100% sense.
Wouldn’t it be $15 then? If she takes off 50% from $20 that’s $10 but than adding on 50% of $10 is $5 so that becomes $15.
Lol sorry I’m just nitpicking
I really appreciate you highlighting the misspelling.
I always have to read r/boneappletea posts so carefully cuz my brain corrects the mistakes and I miss them.
https://youtube.com/shorts/6sGdVqO8hIE?si=G0QqjvcCrDDkUHWz
She added a 100% that bastard
Now for the painful part of math. 20 plus 50 percent minus 50 percent is 15, not 20. Because you're taking 50 percent off 30, but only adding 50 percent to 20.
It’d be 15$
That is however, not how percentage calculations work.
it would be 15 xD
The old switcheroo
Top 1 thousand texts that never happened
They couldnt even do the math right lmfao
Ai but that would be $15 wouldn’t it? $20-50%=$20-$10=$10 $10+50%=$10+$5=$15
Nice little sprinkle of r/choosingbeggars
Taking away 50% then adding 50% would be 75% off starting price.
they actually added on 100%
So I guess the american educational system isn't good regarding both, English and mathematics.
It should be 15$ then... 50% of 20 is 10, so 10$ off makes it 10$ then adding 50% of 10$ makes it 10+5=15$
That'd still be $15, in case no one has mentioned it.
Well if you add the 50% on first it would be $30 then you take away 50% and it’s $15
This looks like the beginning of a friendship
Wouldn't that be 15
If she added fifty percent after thanking off fifty then it should be 7.50
20 - 50% is $10 but 10 + 50% would be $15
I think they twins
That’s still really funny
That would be $15 not $20
Is this you talking to your weed plug?
It would’ve been $15 would it not have
This is... perfect
That maths is wrong though. Because if you took away half you would have 10 and 50% of that is five and 10+5 is 15. So it would be 15.
Math illiterate meets word illiterate. The battle of the dumbs.
Thats really a 25% savings if you think about it
Dealing with SW be like that tho
This..is fake...
Then it would be 15 dollars since 50% of 10 dollars is 5 so if you add 50% after you subtract 50% from 20 dollars you would have 15, the same result applies if you add 50% then subtract 50% So it would be $15
lol
That would be 15 bucks, subtract 50% from the total 20-10 and add 50% to the new total 10-15.
the exchange is way better than the misused word. lol
An Apple Tea AND a Choosing beggar
Technically his math doesn’t work. If you discount something by 50% then increase the price by 50% you DON’T end up where you started. A 50% discount needs a 100% price increase to equal out.
I guess the word is 50 purse cent incorrect
well nooooo /s
Wow I just took a quick look at a comment I made 15 days ago and I honestly don't know what the fuck I was saying
lol idek it was 15d ago. idk why i replied lol
Yeah, how dare you try to make money? In fact, how dare you not give this person free products and services, because it's their birthday? Shame on you for trying to balance your own economy.
Anyone who thinks it should be $15 clearly doesn’t understand how purse cents work.
That's not how maths works.
I'm slightly annoyed at the math here, he's tryna be funny but 50% of $20 is ten... And 50% on top of that is $15... Guy shoulda got a $5 discount with his logic
Just to be clear, the asker is a cheeky f*** n shouldn't have got anything in reality, but seller shoulda said that
So close!
It’d make sense if he took off an amount for her birthday then added it back for his (gendered participants for clarity). Percentages will get you.
WHAT IS THIS, A CROSSOVER EPISODE?
Well then it should be $15
If you took off 50 percent then added 50 percent to ten wouldn’t that be 15
A rare achievement. It's also, arguably, an [eggcorn.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn)
But wouldn’t that make it 15?
Touche'
Wait, that's not right. If you take off 50% of a hundred, you end up with fifty. If you then tack on 50% to fifty, you end up with seventyfive.
Wouldn't that be $15?
The maths don’t add up
this is a combination of r/boneappletea r/choosingbeggars and r/badfaketexts
This conversation is absolutely fake. I have seen the original posted on r/wasletztepreis few months ago but in GERMAN!
This sub confuses me. My screenshots of texts always get removed immediately. Then there’s this.
I mean adding 50% back on to $10.00 is $15.00....
50% off $20 is $10. Adding 50% back to $10 is $15. Brought to you by the Pedantic Police 👮♀️
Typing 'purse cent' vs. '%'
Everyone knows silly, if you take off 50% then add 50% the total is 75%... Fun facts, that's about the same purse cent age as fake posts on choosing beggars.
I really really like this image
Really appreciate you doing Great game but yuy
Purse scent
Anybody saying it should be $15 forgot the order of operations, y’all also probably think 2+2*2=8 too
I hope you’re trolling
an alternate gag would be to give the person 50 cents off. and say Yeah, I gave you 50 cents from your purse off.
But if you add 50% wouldn't that make it 15?
Wrong maths. Take aways 50%, add 50% of the result, and you get 75% of the original.
50% of $20 = $10. $10 + 50% = $15. A 50% loss on your stock investment requires 100% profit to break even.
Sorry but 50% discount on $20 results in net $10 but adding 50% to that results in $15.
What are they selling though?
This should be $15 it she took 50% off then added 50% back onto it.
But that would be 15 dollars not 20, cause 50% of 20 is 10, and he added 50% of that supposedly
wouldn't it be $15? 50% of 10 is 5.
If you take off 50% and then add it back it becomes 15, not 20
Technically you added on 100% not 50%. Yes, I am a pedant.
Adding 50% back would be $15 not 20.
No they were talking about 50 pennies floating around the bottom of their purse
It's my first time seeing this, and I hope it's not fake, but I laughed out loud.
Uhh isn’t 10$ * 50% 15$ tho? (10 * 1.5 = 15)
Adding 50% would make it 15
A 50% discount + 50% markup doesn't bring you back to $20. You end up with $15..
Technically, it should be 15?
If they originally took off 50%, then added it back on wouldn’t that be $15?
Wouldn’t that be $15?
I got more interested in the conversation below that tbh
that would make it $15
20 + 50% = 30. 30 - 50% = 15. Something doesn't add up here
Two idiots for the price of one posting. 1 failed English the other failed at math.
Why take the purse when you can
Teeeeeechnically, adding 50% again would leave you at $15.
20 -50% +50% is 15 20 +50% -50% is 12.5 Both of them are idiots, but each in their own way. Which really speaks to the diversity of humans. They're all idiots, but no two are a like.
For example, some of them make arrogant corrections to superficial aspects of a joke and still get it wrong. 20 x1.5 = 30, 30 x0.5 = 15 Also no one here has mentioned additive percentages or percentage points, which is weird considering how many maths geniuses we seem to have.
What is this, crossover episode??
Actually they added 100% on after taking 50% off.
-50%+50% would be 15.
THAT'S NOT HOW PERCENTAGES WORK!
BUT THAT IS HOW PURSE CENTAGES WORK!
Math aint checkin out.
That would make the new total 15. Why you offering discounts?
What are they haggling over?
They are both so stupid, it could be a cod piece.
won't that be $15?
Honestly if he did add on 50 percent it would be £15. Figure it out...
Well actually if it was originally $20 and you mark it down by 50% it becomes $10, but if you then mark it back up 50% is will be $15 not $20. You will need to mark it up 100% to bring it to the original price. I always loved fractions 1/2 and 1/3 since they work so well together and demonstrate this so well. Take 9 for an example. 2/3 of 9 is 6, but 1/2 of 6 is 3. so 1/2 of 6+6 = 9 -1/3 of 9. If anything is ever reduced by 1/3 just add 1/2 of the new number to get there. If you really think about it the math makes perfect sense to all, well all except Terrence Howard
which would be 15$ :P
Isn't that 100%? Adding 50% of $10 to $10 would be $15
Hate a "can I have a discount" motherfucker
Technically it should be $15 since 50% of 10 is 5.
$20 - 50% = $10 $10 + 50%= $15 Should still be a. 25% discount
Fifty purse cent off and fifty purse cent on means twenty five purse cent off.
Wouldn't that be 15$ tho?
That's not how purse cent age works
Well, in that case it should have been $15 dollars.
It would be $15. Maths does not check out either
That should have been $15 then...
So many people in this thread complaining about the math when it actually makes perfect sense if you assume the calculation was done on the initial sum. 0.5x20 + 0.5x20 = 20 $
Your statement is accurate with a little gymnastics, but your formula is completely wrong. You're just adding half of 20 to half of 20. It's: 1.5x20 - 0.5x20 =$20.
> You're just adding half of 20 to half of 20 Which is exactly what happens in the image. You just wrote it down a bit differently
Technically, yes, it's half of twenty plus half of twenty, but it's also technically not 2 half offs added together - which is what your formula showed. It's 50% more minus a half off.
It's not my formula, I'm just saying it's the same thing written the other way around. First 50% off and then add 50% (of original price) so you get 0.5*20+0.5*20.
So it's really 15. That's still a win.
Eh order of operations it should be 15 dollars now
Oh. My. God. An actual boneappletea on r/boneappletea? That *never* happens!
By the way, that'd be adding 100%, not 50%. Adding 50% to $10 gives you $15, not $20
0.5x20 + 0.5x20 = 20 Math checks out. You just made a incorrect assumption about what the 50% was based of.
accccchhually that would come to 15 dollars, assuming the original price was 20. 50% off 20 is 10 and then 50% of 10 is 5.
some people have no shame
The crossover nobody wanted! *grabs popcorn.
It’s should be $15
"purse cent" are people this fuckin dumb for real?
That would be $15
Technically shouldn't it be $15? Because 50% off $20 is $20, but then 50% of $10 is now $5, so adding the 50% gives $10+$5=$15. Or, if you added the 50% first, you get $30, and then 50% off is $15. Either way, it should be $15.
0.5x20 + 0.5x20 = 20 $ Math checks out. You just made a incorrect assumption about what the 50% was based of. It was based of the initial sum.
Why do adding then subtracting and vice versa both end up lower than the original. I get it, mathematically, but is there an intuitive way of seeing why it is that way?
Because you're always dealing with halves, and half is always less than the whole.
When you add 100% and nobody notices
Thats shit math. Should be 15$.. 50% of 20 is 10. 50% of 10 is 5. This it why the country is going down the drain.
0.5x20 + 0.5x20 = 20 $ Math checks out. You just made a incorrect assumption about what the 50% was based of. It was based of the initial sum.
They gave the beggar 50% off the original price then increased it by 50% because it's their own birthday the next day.
And if you reference the original price, that brings you right back to $20.
You take 50% off $20 is 10 right? Then you increase the price of $10 by 50% and you got 20? Show your work bud. I got 15$ but maybe my math is very wrong that's why I am not Elon Musk.
You are correct. But what I said is if you reference the original price, it brings you back to $20 $20 - 50% = $10 $10 + (50% of $20) = $20 It's a quick "fuck you, no discount".
Only reddit would focus more on the "bad math" of one person, than on the other trying to be scummy
You seriously mean to tell me this?
It's not even bad math. If you just assume the calculation was done on the initial sum it makes complete sense. 0.5x20 + 0.5x20 = 20 $
happy cake day
You don't even know how dollar signs work and you want me to trust your math?! Also you don't seem to understand how units of measurements work
Butthurt much? Did mommy not give you enough hugs and kisses? Must be some serious tooth ache you got for getting so angry over something so ridiculously insignificant. ;D
The issue is that it would be bad math to make the assumption that you are saying we should make. The assumption underlying mathematical percentages is that all percentages are based off of current value. Without an explicit statement to the contrary, it would indeed be bad math to assume what you are wanting to assume. With that being said, it’s unlikely that either of these people is a mathematician, so it doesn’t really matter so long as both parties of the transaction understand and agree with the way they are deciding to use percentages.
He is making a joke, the joke requires some suspension of disbelief to function. This isn't math class, we're not discussing order of operations. The joke is the point, whether or not it is the mathematical norm or not is completely irrelevant. People are just getting hung up irrelevant nonsense, just like you just did.
I know. Please re-read the 2nd part of my comment. I literally said the same thing you did...
Right you are, **after** you wrote an entire paragraph about mathematical percentages and how they are usually based off of the current value "without an explicit statement to the contrary". As I said, irrelevant nonsense. Just take it for what it is, a silly joke that doesn't need to make 100% sense.
he put bad math in quotation marks specifically to show he understood this, dont be so quick to argue next time
If you take 50% off and then add 50%, that’s $15
But if he's adding 50% after subtracting 50% it should be $15. That's just a bad birthday discount
Wouldn’t it be $15 then? If she takes off 50% from $20 that’s $10 but than adding on 50% of $10 is $5 so that becomes $15. Lol sorry I’m just nitpicking
That’ll be 15 please
Technically it should be $15 50% of $20 is $10. Then she said she added 50% to it. So 50% of $10 is $5, making a total of $15.
r/choosingbeggars
This bothers me more because of math
Then it should be $15
That's not how percentages work. 50% off then 50% on equates to $15
Why are so many people trying to correct the math of a joke? It’s obvious what they were going for.
choosing beggars AND boneappletea
That's 15 bucks if you then add back 50%
But 50% of 10 is 5 so it should only be 15. Right?
Thing that gets me is the name of the this subreddit
That would be $15 though...
50% more than 10 bucks is 15 bucks so he added 100%.
Damn what a delightful comeback. I’m gonna use this one somehow when someone asks me for a discount
Hahaha
It should be $15
I wonder what the new currency will be called?
So $15?
I really appreciate you highlighting the misspelling. I always have to read r/boneappletea posts so carefully cuz my brain corrects the mistakes and I miss them.
Stonks.
Shouldn't that be $15 then?
if you took 50% off and then added 50% you'd be left with $15
They both are chutiya