The Missing Dollar!
You might be able to figure this out if you read carefully.
Three men went to a motel. The motel manager
said a room cost $30, so each man put up $10 and went to their room.
A little while later the manager realized the room was only $25,
so he sent the bellboy back to the three guys room with $5.
On the way to the room the bellboy couldn't figure out how to
split the $5 evenly between the 3 men, so he gave each
one of them $1 and he kept the other $2.
This meant that the 3 men paid $9 each for the room
for a total of $27. Add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.
Where did the other dollar go?
Now see the answer below:
Answer to The Missing Dollar
The answer is in the way the question is worded. You cannot add what one person
HAS to what someone else has PAID and come up with any kind of a meaningful
number, you have to subtract.
Each man has paid $9.
The bellhop has $2.
Difference
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$9 x 3 = $27
2
$25
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The hotel clerk has the other 25 dollars.
To look at it from the standpoint of the original $30.
Each man has $1.
The bellhop has $2.
The hotel clerk has $25.
Total
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$1 x 3 = $3
2
25
$30
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