I am sending the following problem to all the mathematically minded
boffins...please solve it for me, as i am stumped, there is a trick to
it but I cannot see it..maybe you can.
N'joy this mind twister.
This will Mess With Your Head.
3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS
$300,
SO EACH MAN PAID $100 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY
$250,
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $50.
ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $50 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $10 BILL AND KEPT THE OTHER
$20
FOR HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $90 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A
TOTAL
OF $270,
ADD THE $20 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $290.
WHERE ARE THE OTHER 10 DOLLARS?
andrew naeem
2007-03-18
06:26:57
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