do you know the riddle with the bell boys at the hotel?

Question

I think one guy gets 3 dollars and goes upstairs, he gives another guy some of the money. when he comes back down one of the dollars is mysteriously gone! please tell me so I can tell my friends.

Answer 1

Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel manager gave them a price of $30.

The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged them $5!

He called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and told him to return it to the men.

When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.

So each of the three men ended up paying $9 (their original $10, minus $1 back) totaling $27, plus $2 for the bellboy makes $29.

Where did the extra dollar go?

Answer 2

three pay 30 dollars

Owner refunds 5

Bellhop keeps 2 returns 3 one dollar to each.


if each payed 9 dollars for the hotel room total of 27 plus the 2 dollars the bell hop kept.

what happened to the other dollor to make 30


the problem is that the orignal 5 dollars returned should have been divided by 3
so each gets back 1.75.

there is no missing dollar.

Answer 3

The answer is that there is no missing dollar. Adding $27 and $2 (to get $29) is the wrong operation. They paid $27, $2 went to the dishonest waiter, and $25 went to the restaurant. You have to subtract $27 minus $2 to get $25. There never was a $29; it has nothing to do with anything.

I got it right not him^

Answer 4

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