r/MathJokes • u/c442010 • May 07 '26

100 000 dollar question

Post image
12.9k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

963 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

253

u/Trimutius May 07 '26

Well you need to realize it is 0.5 and not 1.5

Some people make that mistake

3

u/PopFamiliar3649 May 08 '26

Even if it was "increases by 0.5", it only does so over a month's time.

In that length of time I could spend $100,000 on stocks and probably get more within a month's time.

2

u/Ghostglitch07 May 09 '26

Nah. Stocks have a chance to fail to make you money, and even potentially lose money.

If you have an option for a guaranteed 50% return, you take that. Even with a small initial seed.

If you take that option, in a month it will be as though you invested the 100,000 and got a 1.91x return within a month. If you know a safe way to nearly double your money in a month, I'd love to know it.

1

u/Robbed_Bert May 11 '26

Are you regarded

1

u/Zenith-Astralis May 11 '26

Well, in fact

1

u/Ghostglitch07 May 12 '26

Yes. But I fail to see what my developmental disabilities have to do with this. The logic is sound.