What is the viral ‘A man buys a goat’ riddle? Answer Revealed

With the internet flooded with several trends and contents, the latest one comes up as a riddle named “A Man Buys A Goat”. Though the internet has several riddles and quizzes that are truly interesting to solve. The latest riddle “A man buys a goat” goes with a question that’s more like a mathematical question and netizens need to find the solution.

Read ahead to know more about “A man buys a goat” riddle with its interesting solution right here.

“A man buys a goat” riddle trending on the internet

Well, it’s true that the internet can make anything go viral in no time. But the recent trend is about a riddle that’s a mathematical question you all need to solve. In the riddle, a question about a man buying a goat is asked and you are to find how much profit he makes at the end.

The question begins with “ A man buys a goat at $60 and sells it at $70”. In the later part of the riddle, the question again continues asking “the man buys the goat again at $80 and resells it at $90”. All you need to find in this riddle is the profit the man makes in both the transactions.

Solution of the riddle “A man buys a goat” explained

The riddle “A man buys a goat” asks two questions on two transactions a man makes. In the first part of the riddle, the man makes a profit of $10. As the man bought the goat for $60 and sold it out for $70, he made a profit of $70-$60= $10.

Likewise, in the next part of the riddle, the man again buys the goat for $80 and resells it for $90, and makes a profit of $10 ($90-$80). All total, the man makes a profit of $20, $10 from each part of the transactions. The riddle was certainly an easy one to try.

Netizens tried the riddle “A man buys a goat”

Although the internet keeps giving some interesting riddles to solve every now and then, the riddle “A man buys a goat” was tried by many internet users and some of them solved it correctly. However, many of them got confused and solved it wrong.

Meanwhile, you can find and solve other riddles on the internet too, many of which are available with solutions too.

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