Mathematical Puzzle - 1

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Hello Friends,
As i got positive response from the members,iam starting this mathematical puzzles thread and here is the first puzzle.

Question 1:
In the year 1932,a grandson mentioned to his grandfather that now he was as old as the last two digits of his birth year.His grandfather said "What a coincidence.It applies to me also".
Definitely they both cannot have the same age.How old were they in the year 1932?

If correct answer is not found,i will be post them by tomorrow night or latest by Sep 15th.

Friends,tick your brains and try :-)

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Deepti, am not going to do business anyway...

income(pastry) 100
spent(change) -30
owner=70
return owner remaining 70.

Gave owner His 30
his ring +70
loss = 100

Hope now you can understand
The problem is simple but a bit confusing.
Actually there is no gain or profit from pastery owner as the shop keeper gives 100$ back to him.
So it becomes a simple problem.
Nice explanation.... :P
This is what you are telling....

INCOME
Income(pastry) - 100

SPENDINGS
Change (Customer) - 30
Ring(To Customer) - 70
To Pastry owner - 100

TOTAL -- LOSS $100
My answer to this would be :
$30 paid out in cash to to the fraudster + cost of the ring to the seller

Logically speaking the seller would be selling the ring at Cost + Profit (which in this case is 70$)- So provided the seller bought the ring from a supplier for $50 before selling at $70 his loss amounts to 50+30=$80

The $100 taken from the neighbor in exchange for the voucher has been returned therefore no loss recorded to any of the parties here.

Please let me know the official answer if u have it :)

Thanks

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