{"id":134929,"date":"2023-12-03T18:36:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134929"},"modified":"2023-12-03T18:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:36:34","slug":"people-being-driven-crazy-by-fiendishly-difficult-cow-riddle-they-cant-solve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/people-being-driven-crazy-by-fiendishly-difficult-cow-riddle-they-cant-solve\/","title":{"rendered":"People being driven crazy by fiendishly difficult cow riddle they cant solve"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brainteasers are a great way to push one of the body\u2019s most important organs to its limits.<\/p>\n

They can come in many different forms, they can be analytical, observational, or mathematical. This brainteaser posted on X is a form of mathematical brainteaser as it asks you a maths-based question.<\/p>\n

In the image above, a problem is given about a cow. The owner says they bought it for $800, sold it for $1,000, bought it again for $1100, and then sold it for $1,300.<\/p>\n

The question you have to answer is how much the owner of the cow made from buying, selling, buying, and then reselling their cow.<\/p>\n

While it may seem like a case of doing some simple maths, the brainteaser has baffled hundreds of social media users.<\/p>\n

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Some people guessed that the cow owner\u2019s profit was $100, $200, or $300, but the final answer was $400.<\/p>\n

The person behind the brainteaser explained that after spending $800 the person had no money, then made $200 by selling the cow for $1,000 before losing $900 selling the cow before making $400 by selling the cow for $1,300.<\/p>\n

The brainteaser received waves of praise from impressed users. One person wrote: “I knew it, someone tried to convince me that I was wrong.”<\/p>\n

Another claimed the test was “easy peasy”.<\/p>\n

A third wrote: “If your only money is the initial spent($800) your total earned is $300 because you will have a -$100 on your account. But in this scenario where only earned is the answer on both transactions you will get $400.”<\/p>\n

A fourth person jokingly criticised the user. They said: “I don’t know, but you make questionable financial decisions.”<\/p>\n