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Posted by saw on January 14, 2005, at 5:19:33
3 men go into a motel. The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5.
On the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.
This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.
Where is the other dollar?
Posted by annierose on January 14, 2005, at 6:43:53
In reply to Brain Teaser, posted by saw on January 14, 2005, at 5:19:33
I think I got it ...
Instead of adding, you should be subtracting the $2 from the $27 = $25 (the correct price of the room).
Posted by bimini on January 14, 2005, at 8:35:15
In reply to Brain Teaser, posted by saw on January 14, 2005, at 5:19:33
> This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.
>
> Where is the other dollar?This meant that the three men shared the tip of $2 the bellboy kept. The $9 each paid was for the room AND the tip, the room was still only $25.
bimini
Posted by Camille Dumont on January 16, 2005, at 16:16:46
In reply to Brain Teaser, posted by saw on January 14, 2005, at 5:19:33
If the room is 25$ and he gives them back a dollar each then its 25$ + 3$ = 28$ and the two remaining dollars are in the busboys pocket.
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