Strands#265 Did You Hear That?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The wording of the question uses a very strange definition of the word "means" when it says "This means that each of the first three friends paid �9 each for their umbrellas, costing them �27 in total. Together with the �2 pounds that their other friend has kept that makes a total of �29. Where has the other �1 gone?"
It does not, of course, mean any such thing. It means that they have paid �25 for the umbrellas, and they have had �2 stolen from them by the man. There is no logic in adding the �2 on to the �27 to make �29, because the �2 is already contained within the �27.