2
$\begingroup$

I took \$1000 from my friend James and \$500 from Bond.
While walking to the shops I lost \$1000 so now I only have \$500.
I did some shopping, spending \$300 so now I have \$200 left.
I gave \$100 back to James and \$100 back to Bond.

Now my liabilities are \$900 for James and \$400 for Bond, so my total liabilities are \$1300.

Total liabilities + Shopping = \$1300 + \$300 = \$1600, but I only borrowed \$1500.
Where did the extra \$100 come from?

  • 2
    Dollar signs have special significance here. You can turn that off by sticking a backslash in front, as in `\$`. I fixed it for you. See the [LaTeX](http://math.stackexchange.com/editing-help#latex) section in the editing help page.2012-11-09
  • 0
    Essential duplicate of [this](http://math.stackexchange.com/q/15524/11619).2016-10-13

7 Answers 7