please tell me ans to this riddle?

Question

hi,
Three friends went to a hotel. The bill was Rs 75/-
Each one contributed Rs.25/-.

The waiter took the bill to the cashier.

The cashier was happy & decided to give them a discount of Rs.5/- & asked the waiter to return them Rs.5/-.

Now the waiter was confused. How to distribute Rs 5 among 3 persons?

He kept Rs 2 in his pocket & gave one rupee to each one of the 3 persons.

So initially each one had contributed Rs.25. Now as they are given 1 rupee back, their contribution reduces to Rs 24.

They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.

The total becomes 74. But they had paid Rs 75.

Where is the remaining 1 rupee?.

Answer 1

it is a simple riddle

it was wrote that way to trick you

you see, they paid 75 and got 5 back, each of them got 1 back = 73 + the 2 the waitor has

Answer 2

They pay 75 so there are @ - 75
The refund is for 5 but they only receive 3 of it back which puts them at -72
when they should have been at -70. Which is a 2 rupees difference and it’s in the waiters pocket.. they just mix up the wording to confuse … it isn’t that hard.
This so called mystery is worded incorrectly.

When the cashier gave them Rs5 discount, each of them effectively paid Rs70/3 = Rs23.33.

The waiter returned Rs1 to each of them. Which moved individual contributions to Rs24.33 per person. Not Rs24 as the puzzle says

The 3 x Rs25 is distributed as follows:
Rs70 in the tillRs2 in the waiter’s pocketRs3 returned to customersTotal $75.There is no missing

now u answer this
Three ladies go to a restaurant for a meal. They receive a bill for $30. They each put $10 on the table, which the waiter collects and takes to the till. The cashier informs the waiter that the bill should only have been for $25 and returns $5 to the waiter in $1 coins. On the way back to the table the waiter realizes that he cannot divide the coins equally between the ladies. As they didn’t know the total of the revised bill, he decides to put $2 in his own pocket and give each of the ladies $1.

Now that each lady has been given a dollar back, each of the ladies has paid $9. Three times 9 is 27. The waiter has $2 in his pocket. Two plus 27 is $29. The ladies originally handed over $30. Where is the missing dollar

Answer 3

"They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket."

This is logical fallacy. They all contributed 25, not 24. You said so at the beginning.

25 x 3 = 75 - 2 (in waiter's pocket) leaves 3 in change, a Rupee apiece. Just because they all got a Rupee back, this does not reduce their contribution by a Rupee apiece. You cannot make that logical jump. Remember, the change was still 5, even if the waiter decided to steal 2. So in fact, their contribution was 23.33... apiece, since the waiter stole 0.67 from each of them.

Answer 4

it's an old mathematical puzzle...the key is, the way the question is asked has an error. now notice:-

They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.

The total becomes 74 which is wrong. They actually had paid Rs 70 (now with the cashier) + rs.2 + rs. 3 returned to them. calculatiing 74 actually included the anonymous amount which is fictitous.

Answer 5

Hahaha...Nice. But you are cheating the system (math). The guys only ended up contributing Rs 72 total. Rs 70 went to the cashier and Rs 2 went to the waiter. Everybody else kept R 1 from the original Rs 75. Nice trick!

Answer 6

You're twisting the math... Each person paid 25 Rupees, which totals 75...

The waiter took out 5 (That leaves 70)

He put 2 in his pocket (72)

And gave 3 back to the patrons... (75)

It's all in the way you tell the story. Sounds convincing, but it's mathematical misdirection.

Answer 7

They actually paid 70 (they got 5 back) which if you add 3 and 2 which the waiter stole makes 75, so they each contributed 73/3 and not 24 because of the waiter's actions.

Answer 8

I think i have been asked this question many a times and its so simple just question is so made that it becomes tricky.It was hard 4 me to answer d first time bt nt now.
We will calculate like this-After discount they paid Rs 72 total bt they have to pay just Rs 70 so where gone 2 bucks.It was in waiters pocket.V will nt calculate 72+2 ie 74.Use some brain and learn some mathematics

Answer 9

there is no remaining rupee.
3 persons contributed R25. 3X25=75
Each one of them was given R1. 1X3=3.
75-3=72
with the given discount the waiter gave them R1each.Each person paid R24. 24x3=72
they didnt pay R75.
since the waiter decided to give them a discount. the waiter himself give each person R1 for discount. the waiter change the R5 to 5 Rupee so it wont be confusing to divide the money.
originally, the waiter has 5rupee(1 rupee each)on his pocket. no rupee is missing.

Answer 10

when u multiply 24 by 3, u should get the new cost ( after the discount) which is 70!!!
so u get 72, u remove 2 rupees which are in the waiter's pocket and u get the cost that they paid for which is 70

Answer 11

the truth is that the 5 rupees was divided among 4 people. you obviously forgot the waiter.

so that is 1.25 per person. since the waiter decided to give 1 rupee back to each customer, the waiter gets (1.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25) = 2 rupees.

to answer your final question, the remaining 1 rupee was already divided among the 1 waiter plus 3 friends and each friend should rightfully get 0.25 rupees.

because the waiter decided to pocket 2 rupees, he took the 0.25 rupees from each of the 3 friends and added it to the 1.25 rupees from the earlier division.