On talk sport this morning they gave a mathematical riddle
Three men enter a motel only to be told that there's only one room left, by the young girl at reception, they are shattered so they agree to share, they ask how much it will be and are told £30, great they say that's £10 each. When the manager gets back the girl tells him she's let the room, only for him to tell her, she'd made a mistake and the room only costs £25. At this the girl takes £5 in £1 coins up to the room, the girl apologises and tells the men they can have the money back, because it's an odd amount, they say they'll have a £1 back each and the girl can have the remaining £2. this means that they have paid £9 each. So whats happened to the other £1?
i.e. 3x£9 =£27 remainer £3, but the girls only holding £2.
2006-08-22
10:47:17
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