3 guys go to a hotel after a seminar, they noticed that the rate for one room 2 beds was 30.00. so they put in each 10.00. they went to the room and started to play poker. in the mean time the manager said hey we over charged those guys, we have the special still going on that should have cost them 25 dollars. so the manager tells the janitor thake them back 5.00, but the janitor took 2.00 and gave the guys back a dollar each. how much did they pay each for the hotel room, or wheres the extra dollar????
2006-06-29 22:35:48 · 12 answers · asked by darthsalvader 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The extra dollar was lost by the janitor at the poker game to whoever won that hand.
2006-06-29 22:41:23 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OMG is this still knocking around.... There is no extra dollar, the hotel manager has $25, the janitor has $2 and the business men have $3 change..... therefore $30..... by mixing the janitors $2 with $9 paid by each man (and not subtracting it from the $27 to get the $25 paid to the hotel) this riddle just shows
2006-06-30 06:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by ALAN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG is this still knocking around.... There is no extra dollar, the hotel manager has $25, the janitor has $2 and the business men have $3 change..... therefore $30..... by mixing the janitors $2 with $9 paid by each man (and not subtracting it from the $27 to get the $25 paid to the hotel) this riddle just shows the flaw in modern teaching of maths
2006-06-30 05:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by break 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nice riddle.
The guys didnt pay $9 each for the room.
At first, they shelled out $10 each but each got back $1.
So they only shelled out $9 each, making a total of $27.
Again, of the $30 to begin with, they got back $3, they
gave out $27. Out of the $27, $25 was paid for the room,
$2 was the janitor's tip. There was no missing dollar.
Actually they each paid 25/3 or $8.33 for the room and
each tipped the janitor 2/3 or $0.66.
Well, again... There was $30 at the start, $3 were returned so
they only paid $27. And $2 were kept by the janitor, so there
was a missing dollar. Isn't there ?
Hehehe. This is an old one. It is good to hear it again. Thanks.
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2006-06-30 05:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by ding f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each man paid 9 dollars for the room which included the 2 dollars for the janitor...and that comes out to 27 dollars... now they had 3 dollars each split the 3 dollars which is one dollar each... that ='s 30 bucks
there is no extra money..
by the way if there is a hotel out there for 25 bucks let me know..lol
2006-06-30 06:12:30 · answer #5 · answered by ~Mrs.C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They each paid $9, or $27 for a $25 room, and the janitor keep the extra $2
2006-06-30 05:42:18 · answer #6 · answered by skyyn777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$9 x 3 = $27
$27 - ($30 - $5 ) = $2 dollars (janitor pocketed)
so no extra dollar XD
else, read the riddle backwards.....
+($1x3) (wad janitors gave them each) +$2 (janitors pocket = /) +$25(room price after discount) = $30
2006-06-30 05:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The janitor charged them 27 dollars and gave each of the customer one dollar...
2006-06-30 05:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thay each paid 9.333333333333333333333333
puls2
=30
whats so hard extar penny not dollar
2006-06-30 05:41:13 · answer #9 · answered by cosmic_convoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what extra dollar?
2006-06-30 05:42:44 · answer #10 · answered by Josh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋