'Absurd' cow puzzle is leaving people baffled as they cannot figure it out

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A puzzle doing the rounds on social media has been leaving people confused despite it being a seemingly easy maths question.This brain buster challenges people to figure out how much a man has earned after buying and selling his cow, reports the Mirror.According to puzzle-solvers, this teaser is "too absurd", and one noted that while this puzzle "appears to be simple", it is actually pretty difficult.Many people who tried the puzzle have ended up with different answers, baffling many across X.The puzzle is as follows: one man bought a cow for 800 dollars and sold it for a thousand, then bought the same cow for $1100 and then sold it again for $1300.

How much did the man earn?A number of guesses rolled in, with people thinking the man was left with $100, $200, or $300, while others joked about the man's financial prowess with this cow in the comments.One X user said: "You earned my respect bro, you are a real trader."Another said: "I need to buy and sell cows, seems like easy money."And a third added: "I don't know, but you make questionable financial decisions."Daily Quiz and Riddles shared this conundrum on X, and it had jumped up to 25,000 views after two days of people trying to guess the answer - but now, the experts have weighed in.The experts confirmed that the final profit is $400, and it was all about income loss and gain.

They explained that after spending $800, the man was left with no income and lost money. Then, with a $1000 income, he had made a $200 profit by selling the cow.Furthermore, after buying it for $1100, he had lost $900 - but selling it again for $1300 meant he had made a profit of $400.One X user said: "If your only money is the initial spent($800) your total earned is $300 because you will have