3 sailors walk into a motel. The manager says that the room is $30 per night, so it comes out to $10 per sailor. They go up to their room and get settled in. The manager learns that they are serving our country and decides to give them a discount. He gives the bellboy $5 and tell him to go give it to the 3 sailors for being good patriots. The bellboy is a shady dude and figures he cant split $5 evenly between 3 people, so he keeps $2 for himself and gives each sailor $1 back. So essentially each sailor paid $9 right? Well $9 x 3 = $27, and the bellboy kept $2, and $27 + $2 is $29. What happened to the other dollar? I do not know the answer.
2006-07-14 05:17:30 · 18 answers · asked by whl04031998 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
it never went away from the original 30...the manger had the original 30 but gave the bell boy 5....now the manager has 25...if the bell boy has 2 of the 5 and the sailors have 3 the original 30 is still there..its just distributed between 5 people
2006-07-14 05:23:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
there is no missing $1 the 2 should not be added to the 27 the 3 should be so it looks like this 30-5=25+2=27+3=30
9*3=27+3=30
the 29 should not have even been counted
2006-07-14 12:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Peace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the manager got 25, the bellboy received 2 adding up to 27.
The three sailors paid 9 each being 27. That equals what your problem?
Your reasoning is like the joke of explaining a kid he has 11 fingers, but he knows he has five on each hand supposing to be ten all together. So you start counting down pointing to the fingers on one hand 10,9,8,7,6 and five fingers on the other hand equals 11!
2006-07-14 14:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Greek Oracle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good god thats a brain wrecker
5=27+2=29
30-5=25
10*3=30
9x3=27
27+3=30
30-2=28
so from the best i can answer was the bell boy cant count because 27 plus the 3 he gave them is $30
so the missing dollar is in the $3 that he gave them and not the $2 he kept
2006-07-14 12:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by unitedfaith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sailors shelled out $9 a piece. 8 and 1/3 of those dollars went for the hotel, while the remaining 2/3 of that last dollar went to the bell boy.
2006-07-14 12:56:52 · answer #5 · answered by Think.for.your.self 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The manager should take the three dollars back from the guests and the two from the boy and then he would have the 30 and would be able to give the discount at checkout.
The problem is that you can't split 5 evenly and the change added up to a dollar.
2006-07-14 12:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still there. It's all in the wording to confuse you. The manager has 25. The bell boy has 2. And the men have the other 3. For a total of 30.
2006-07-14 12:20:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
30-5=25+3 =28 +2=30
oringinal 30 less the 5 refund gives you 25. the bell boy keeps 2 which gives you 27 and the 3 the soldier get gives you thirty.
2006-07-14 12:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by poshprincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just look at it this way, they each payed 10 times 3= 30, recieved a total discount of 5, 1 times 3 and 2 times 1. It all equals out to 30... I do however see what you are getting at and I'm not sure how one would explain this phenomenon, seems strange.
2006-07-14 12:31:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bellboy doesnt know math. Or the sailors spent the extra dollar on a prostitute.
2006-07-14 12:21:12 · answer #10 · answered by ↓ImWithStupid ░░▒▒▓▓ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋