Three friends get a hotel room together for one night which costs them $30. Later the desk clerk realizes he made a mistake and that the room should have only cost $25. He gives the bell-hop 5 one dollar bills and sends him to give it to the friends. On his way, the bell-hop decides he can pocket some extra money, so he takes 2 of the bills and keeps them. When he gets to the room, he gives each friend 1 dollar as their refund. So if they originally paid $30, that is $10 each, and they each got back $1, then they paid $9 each for the room. The bell-hop kept $2. 9X3=27. 27+2=29. Since the room originally cost $30, then where is the missing dollar?
2006-09-25
07:54:08
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