the answer is -$97 for sure.
0 P2 H3 P# E. C6 I5 F% k, AThink about it this way
* J8 j0 B6 m8 B2 A' `4 }) _- d8 M1) if the 100 bucks is not a fake one, the store owner will gain $3 ($21-$18); \: u( Q4 n* F. t' k9 {, f/ k
2) Now, the owner discovered that the 100 bucks is fake. You can think this as a lost of $100. therefore the overall gain is $3-$100 = -$97 |