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Mr.Od-1 owned a chain of toy stores. One day he received a shipment of new toy cars. The inventory manager marked them all up 10% and sent them out to all the stores. But after a few weeks, sales of the cars were minimal and Mr. Od-1 instructed that they be sold at cost to get rid of them. The next day Mr.Od-1 saw that the cars were all on sale at 10% off. He was quite upset at his inventory manager.
"What's the problem sir?" asked the manager. "I put them up 10% and then marked it down 10% to sell them at cost."
The manager was quickly demoted to a new position as janitor. But why?
"What's the problem sir?" asked the manager. "I put them up 10% and then marked it down 10% to sell them at cost."
The manager was quickly demoted to a new position as janitor. But why?
Hint
Do the math.Answer
He had lousy math skills.Let's say the cars cost $10.00 + 10% ($1)= $11.00
But $11.00 - 10% ($1.10) = $9.90 so he would lose 10 cents on every car.
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i hardly understood it man
HAhaha That was a good one i got it.....That was good man..U made one could understand..*smiles incredably, wiping tear away*
It's DEmoted, not PROmoted. I was thrown for a second.
that was my guess, you can't get promoted to janitor, and that was da trick in da trick teaser
umm thats wasa a pile of crap how gay! it didnt make sence GAY
umm... how can a teaser be gay? good one
Good Teaser. You can tell someone's age by the comments they leave. In my father's day, gay meant happy. "He was a gay blade", was a compliment. With teens, they are calling everything Gay in some sort of demeaning way. No, I am not gay, but I don't hold anything against those who are.
i got it and it was ok but it wasnt that fun
i got it and it was ok but it wasnt that fun
simple math, but i liked
1. This does NOT belong in the "Trick" category - no trick involved, just simple math.
2. Dead simple
3. Dead Stupid!
4. People who overuse the word "gay" need to expand their vocabulary and scrub theirifrontal lobes!!
2. Dead simple
3. Dead Stupid!
4. People who overuse the word "gay" need to expand their vocabulary and scrub theirifrontal lobes!!
Not terribly challenging, but fun enough.
"People who overuse the word 'gay' need to expand their vocabulary ..." I agree and tend to think the same about those who use the word "stupid".
"People who overuse the word 'gay' need to expand their vocabulary ..." I agree and tend to think the same about those who use the word "stupid".
A perhaps simpler explanation to the rather simple (and duplicate) teaser is that the manager first set the price to 11/10 of cost and then later set it to 9/10 x 11/10 = 99/100 of cost.
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