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THE BARBER LOST $5 IN CASH. THE LADY FROM THE FLOWER SHOP GAVE $20 TO THE BARBER AND EVENTUALLY GOT HER $20 BACK. THE MAN WHO GOT THE HAIRCUT, GAVE NOTHING EXCEPT THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY AND GOT $5 BACK. SO THE BARBER LOST $5 IN CASH BUT LOST $15 IN REVENUE AS HE GOT COUNTERFEIT MONEY FOR THE HAIRCUT. LET'S SAY THE BARBER HAD $20 INITIALLY. HE GOT A $20 BILL FOR THE HAIRCUT AND AFTER PAYING THE MAN THE $5 CHANGE, HE HAD A BALANCE OF $35. THE BARBER THEN GAVE $20 TO THE LADY FROM THE FLOWER SHOP IN EXCHANGE FOR THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY WHICH BROUGHT HIS BALANCE TO $15. SO, THE BARBER MADE A LOSS OF $5, SINCE HIS BALANCE AFTER THE HAIRCUT WAS $15 FROM THE INITIAL AMOUNT OF $20 THE OFFICER HAD 1975 MEN. WHEN HE FORMED A SQUARE MEASURING 44 BY 44, HE HAD 39 MEN OVER. WHEN HE TRIED TO FORM A SQUARE 45 X 45, HE WAS 50 MEN SHORT DON IS OUT THE EXTRA DOLLAR. BEFORE THE PAWN BROKER WILL RETURN THE $2 TO THE TICKET HOLDER, HE WILL WANT THE $1.50 WHICH HE ADVANCED RETURNED TO HIM. DON WILL GIVE THE PAWN BROKER THE TICKET AND THE $1.50, AND THE PAWN BROKER WILL THEN RETURN THE $2 THE CONTENTS OR THE TEN ENVELOPES (IN DOLLAR BILLS) SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: $1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489. THE FIRST NINE NUMBERS ARE IN GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION, AND THEIR SUM, DEDUCTED FROM 1,000, GIVES THE CONTENTS OF THE TENTH ENVELOPE