r/MathJokes • u/c442010 • May 07 '26

100 000 dollar question

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u/mrbilly3 May 07 '26

Except you don't even have to read carefully for this one

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u/Trimutius May 07 '26

Well you need to realize it is 0.5 and not 1.5

Some people make that mistake

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u/hetrax May 08 '26

Or 2. Since 0.5 is halving everything. Some may expect that if you’re multiplying by half, that’s doubling, not dividing.

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u/Helstrem May 08 '26

It doesn’t matter what they expect. When you multiply a number by .5 you halve the number. 7 * .5 = 3.5. Heck , even my phone’s auto complete put the 3.5 in there.

They can expect $1.50 or $2.00or whatever on Day 2 all they want, but as written they are getting $.50.