TikTok puzzle challenges users to find missing pound, netizens baffled

From brainteasers to DIY’s internet users are finding ways to keep mselves occupied and busy amid coronavirus lockdown which has been spreading rapidly across globe. Recently, a TikTok video has also resurfaced online and left netizens scratching ir heads in confusion. video has challenged viewers to solve puzzle of missing pound while also splitting bill equally between three people. 

In video, one can see TikTok user trying to solve brainteaser himself. He can also be heard saying, “Okay someone explain this to me because I just don’t get it”. furr, he goes on to talk about riddle and explains that three friends go out to a restaurant where ir bill amounts to 25 pounds. 

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In order to split bill equally, each person pays 10 pounds and when waiter returns with ir change, he keeps 2 pounds for himself and returns one pound to each person. Furr explaining, TikTok user said that w since each person received one pound back, it means y effectively paid nine pounds each. This means, toger three friends paid 27 pounds.

‘Too much math’  

However, he goes on to explain, that 27 pounds plus 2 pounds equal to 29 pounds. He n asks TikTok users to explain where missing pound went. video shared on social media platform has left netizens confused. caption of post reads, “Riddle”, while video also has text written on it which read, “Can you solve it?”. 

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video has been viewed more than 1.6 million times and has left netizens in total confusion. One TikTok user wrote, “Too much math for me”. Ar said, “I don’t get it”. 

Meanwhile, according to a report, riddle is an example of informal fallacy, which means error lies in reasoning. Assuming total bill to be 27 pounds, including waiter’s tip, each friend gets a pound back. Since 27 added to 3 equals 30, missing pound is t really missing after all. 

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