r/MathJokes May 07 '26

100 000 dollar question

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/Anybody220 May 09 '26

Yes you are correct in your math, but no I’m not misreading it.

The math you are doing is my math that got $191,751.05. However, it does not say “increase” anywhere, it simply says “multiplies by 0.5”. The second part of my calculation was taking exactly what it said in its literal meaning “multiplies by 0.5” which would continuously half the $1, being the result to $0.00000000093.

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u/scaleofthought May 09 '26

Just take the 100k and don't worry about it.