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A man stole \$50 from a shop owner. He came back and used the same \$50 to purchase a bread that cost \$40 and received \$10 change. How much money in all did the shop owner lose?

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It's $(40 + 10) = 50$. Understand it like this:

The man stole the money and gave it back to the shop owner in order to purchase the product, so this cancels each other. But the shop owner gave him the bread which costs $\$40$ and $\$10$ change. So, this is the extra money which he loses.