Riddle for all of you.?

Question

OK, three traveling salesmen are staying at a hotel, and they decide to split a room. The desk attendant tells them their room is $30. They each put in $10, and the attendant gives them their key.

After they go to the room, the attendant realizes that the room should have only been $25. He gives the bell boy $5 to take to the salesmen. Going up the elevator, the boy wonders how he will split $5 between three men.

He decides to put $2 in his pocket and gives the men $3, giving $1 to each man. So, the room ended up costing each man $9, right?

Here's the riddle. Each man paid $9 to the hotel, Three times $9 is $27. And the bell boy has $2, that's $29. Where did the other dollar (from the original $30) go?

Answer 1

They didn't each pay $9 to the hotel, because the room was only $25. $25/3 = $8.33 per man. So they paid a total of $25 to the hotel, kept $1 each (that's $28), and the unauthorized $2 tip that the bellboy paid himself makes $30.

Answer 2

The room costs 8.33 per person not 9 .00. 25 + 3 + 2 = 30

Answer 3

the room ultimately cost 25 bucks... if each pays 9, thats 27, the two dollars comes from the difference between 25 and 27... not 30 and 27

Answer 4

No say each man pays 10 dollers at the begining so the bell boy gets 5 dollers no dollers should be missing.

Answer 5

To be honest I heard this joke alot of times before. I just skimmed through it and saw money and a bell boy involved so automatically knew it was this joke. The answer is theres no money missing.

Who else agrees with me?

Answer 6

25+3 =28
28/3 is not equal to 9

Answer 7

In the managers pocket.

Answer 8

tax

Answer 9

THERE IS NO OTHER DOLLAR!!!!
hehe i've heard this one before too :)

Answer 10

they had to pay tax