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RevBudGreen
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3 men check into a hotel room. The cost of the room is $30, so they split it 3 ways.
3*10=30
A short while later the front desk clerk realizes he over charged them $5, so he gives $5 to the bellboy and tells him to return it to the men.
The bellboy decides that he can't split $5 evenly among 3 people so he decides to give each man $1 back and keep $2 for himself
So now the men have each paid $9 for the room for a total of $27
9*3=27...plus the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29
What happen to the other dollar?
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| 04/20/08 06:17 |
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Nowhere.
A dollar only goes "missing" because the statement "each man paid $9 for the room" is wrong — each of three men paid out a total of $9, but that $9 included both the room charge and the bellboy's tip. All in all, each man paid out a total of $9 and had $1 left over, completely accounting for the $30 they started with.
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| 04/20/08 06:22 |
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the bellboy got it :o hes evil
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RevBudGreen
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| QUOTE | Nowhere.
A dollar only goes "missing" because the statement "each man paid $9 for the room" is wrong — each of three men paid out a total of $9, but that $9 included both the room charge and the bellboy's tip. All in all, each man paid out a total of $9 and had $1 left over, completely accounting for the $30 they started with. |
Close...I think you are thinking along the right lines, but it's not quite the answer. But your in the ballpark.
Well I wish I had a nickel, For every time I fell and blamed somebody else
I'd give a ton of money to the ones I’ve hurt, And I’d still be sittin' pretty well
I've spent years losin' touch of what's right and what's real Caught up in these missions of my own
And you're tellin' me you think I’ve done so damn well While we're sittin' here a thousand miles from home
There's a hole in your wisdom, a hole in your sky
Two holes in your head where the light's supposed to get by
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| 04/20/08 06:37 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | Nowhere.
A dollar only goes "missing" because the statement "each man paid $9 for the room" is wrong — each of three men paid out a total of $9, but that $9 included both the room charge and the bellboy's tip. All in all, each man paid out a total of $9 and had $1 left over, completely accounting for the $30 they started with. |
Close...I think you are thinking along the right lines, but it's not quite the answer. But your in the ballpark. |
Damb, thought I had it :/
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| 04/20/08 06:44 |
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Liquide
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| QUOTE | 3 men check into a hotel room. The cost of the room is $30, so they split it 3 ways.
3*10=30
A short while later the front desk clerk realizes he over charged them $5, so he gives $5 to the bellboy and tells him to return it to the men.
The bellboy decides that he can't split $5 evenly among 3 people so he decides to give each man $1 back and keep $2 for himself
So now the men have each paid $9 for the room for a total of $27
9*3=27...plus the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29
What happen to the other dollar? |
The room costs 25 dollar, they paid 3*10=30 they got 3 back so they paid 3*9=27 bellboy kept 2 dollar 27 MINUS 2 = 25 ^^
so not plus but minus 2 from the bellboy
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Mai Englisch is'nt verry good, so plaese keep taht in you're minds.
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| 04/20/08 06:50 |
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They pay £10 each for a total of £30. As they have been overcharged £5 you subtract that from the £30 and divide by 3 to get the amount they have each payed: £25/3. The bell boy gives them 1 pound back each but keeps £2 so they have payed £28/3. Times that by 3 for the total they have payed to get £28, the bell boy has £2 for a total of £30. I'm not sure how well explained that was :/
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| 04/20/08 06:58 |
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RevBudGreen
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | 3 men check into a hotel room. The cost of the room is $30, so they split it 3 ways.
3*10=30
A short while later the front desk clerk realizes he over charged them $5, so he gives $5 to the bellboy and tells him to return it to the men.
The bellboy decides that he can't split $5 evenly among 3 people so he decides to give each man $1 back and keep $2 for himself
So now the men have each paid $9 for the room for a total of $27
9*3=27...plus the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29
What happen to the other dollar? |
The room costs 25 dollar, they paid 3*10=30 they got 3 back so they paid 3*9=27 bellboy kept 2 dollar 27 MINUS 2 = 25 ^^
so not plus but minus 2 from the bellboy |
Correct!! Very good +cred
Well I wish I had a nickel, For every time I fell and blamed somebody else
I'd give a ton of money to the ones I’ve hurt, And I’d still be sittin' pretty well
I've spent years losin' touch of what's right and what's real Caught up in these missions of my own
And you're tellin' me you think I’ve done so damn well While we're sittin' here a thousand miles from home
There's a hole in your wisdom, a hole in your sky
Two holes in your head where the light's supposed to get by
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| 04/20/08 07:20 |
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Hardstrike
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| QUOTE | | They pay £10 each for a total of £30. As they have been overcharged £5 you subtract that from the £30 and divide by 3 to get the amount they have each payed: £25/3. The bell boy gives them 1 pound back each but keeps £2 so they have payed £28/3. Times that by 3 for the total they have payed to get £28, the bell boy has £2 for a total of £30. I'm not sure how well explained that was :/ |
wrong, were not in poundsland :D
| QUOTE | Three friends check into a hotel for the night. The clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance.
They each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room.
A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the men by $5.
He asks the porter to return $5 to the friends.
The porter sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends.
He pockets the leftover $2.
Now, that each of the three has got a pound back, they each have paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night.
We know the porter pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent.
Where did the other dollar go? |
I found this in my list of riddles I got in word ,
The answer is, retract the $2 of the 27$ instead of adding it. that brings it back to the 25 + the 5 that were overcharged.
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