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Old 01-02-2012, 02:45 PM   #5
footfootfoot
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Originally Posted by jimhelm View Post
If he got the horse for free....

selling for 90, he has 90....
buying it for 80, leaves him 10 from his 90
selling for 100 .... he has 110.

what am i missing?
I think this must be a linguistic thing, "how much did he make on the transaction?" I think is meant to mean how much more did he make on the second transaction.

Just be glad this isn't 1921
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