How Good Is Your Math?

Question

Three people check into a hotel, The room is $30.00 per night.
They each pay $10.00
The Hotel Manager finds out that the men are Vets and tells the bellboy to give them back $5.00
The bellboy can't figure out how to divide the $5.00 between the three.
The bellboy gives them each back $1.00 and keeps $2.00 for himself.
Now the total that each Vet has paid is $9.00
3X9=27
The bellboy kept $2.00
$27.00 plus $2.00=$29.00
What Happened to the dollar?

Answer 1

It is wrong the way you reach this problem and it seems like paradox.
They didn't pay 9$ each.They had to pay 3x10$=30$.
Finally they paid 25$ and not 27$.That means that 5$ came back to them. 1$ for each Vet and 2$ for the bellboy.
So,we have:25+1+1+1+2=30

Answer 2

i agree, if u calculate,
then 25 $ went to the owner, 2 $ to the bellboy and 3$ were returned to the guests.
n if u see their contribution then each paid first 25/3 = 8.33 ,+ 2/3 = .67 ... so 8.33 + .67 = 9 $ and the rest 3/3 = 1 $ was returned to each.

Answer 3

30 $ is paid

1$,1$,1$ = 3$ is back back to men ...so we are left with 27$

out of 27$, 25$ is paid for the room(since manager deduct 5$)

so 27$-25$= 2$ ( this is taken by belly boy)

its quite simple..

Answer 4

First answer is right. But why not figure this out. Bellboy was to return $5.00. You davide $5.00 by 3= $1.66. $1.66 times 3= $4.98 your 2 cents short. the 1.66 rounded up becomes $1.70. $1.70 times 3= $5.10 now your 10 cents over. You take the $5.00 and devide it by 3 comes out to 1.666666666666666 for ever. so 1.666 rounded up give you 1.67. 3 times 1.67= $5.01 your still over by 1 cent. This will give you something to work on you like math so much.

Answer 5

its just the way u state the problem, the 27 dollars paid, plus the 3 dollars returned give u 30.

Answer 6

Total amount paid = 27 $
the hotel took 25 $
belll boy took 2.
27 = 25+2
So I see that problem was in calculation

Answer 7

there is no dollar because he kept 2 and returned 3 if there is a dollar than the manager has it

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