I say $16. All of what you have above, and including the $4 the shoemaker gets to keep from the original change for the bad bill.

Orange you glad he didn't say banana?

Oh, no!!! I love BANANAS!

Rachmaninoff.

Gesundheit

Haggis.

There was no loss to the boy.

Well the boy is up a pair of shoes and six bucks, but down a fake tenner.
The neighbour is par - gave change for a fake tenner, but got a real tenner later on.
The shoemaker is therefore down by the same amount the boy is up - one pair boots, six bucks.

Ima go w/V, $16.

next nut

Give me as much as I have?

what is this i don't even

The man has 8 3/4 cents.

8.75 plus 8.75 equals 17.5 ; 17.5 minus 10 equals 7.5

7.5 plus 7.5 equals 15 ; 15 minus 10 equals 5

5 plus 5 equals 10 ; 10 minus 10 equals 0

I assume it means he started with 8.75c and the first store owner gives him 8.75c. He then spends 10c, leaving him with 7.5c, and so on.

Edit: Woops! BigV beat me.

Beat you? Bah. You are my colleague--footfootfoot is the designated beater in this thread.

I see you also corrected the 2 with a 7. :)

Well the maths works, but how does he have 8.75 cents?