Three men have the same meal each and get a bill for 30 dollars. They pay 10 each. It is then discovered by staff that the bill should have been only 25. The waiter is told to take 5 singles back to them but decides to pocket 2 and give them back 3. This now means that they paid 9 each for their meal, totaling 27. Add 2 which the waiter took = 29. Where is the missing dollar?
2006-08-08 05:34:30 · 13 answers · asked by zd_sr1 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
But if they ACTUALLY get three back, it DOES mean they only paid 27, addeed to the two is 29!
2006-08-08 05:51:19 · update #1
Why are you adding the two dollars from the Waiter? That is included in the 27. Remember, they paid 25, but the waiter pockeds two, that's 27. Add the three they got back, and it equals 30.
2006-08-08 08:09:51 · answer #1 · answered by VetteLeo 6 · 20⤊ 2⤋
The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.
2006-08-08 05:50:16 · answer #2 · answered by GravityGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok the waiter's $2 is already in the $27 and then the three men $3 adds it up to $30. so $30, but the bill was only $25 then the waiter takes $2 ($25 + $2 equals to $27 then the men each get $1 adds up to $3 then $27 +$3 equals to $30)
2006-08-08 05:39:38 · answer #3 · answered by Butterfly Beauty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't.
30 dollars - 5 = 25 dollars.
Add the three he gave back is 28, not 27.
2006-08-08 05:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by JeffE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would mean that they paid 28 dollars. If the waiter pocketed two dollars...30 minus two is 28!!! Thus, they each paid $9.33333333!!
2006-08-08 05:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by becki4626 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 16:04:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he gave them back $3, which means it's $28 that they have paid... you're counting it from the wrong angle
2006-08-08 05:40:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They paid 9.33 dollars each?
2006-08-08 05:41:40 · answer #9 · answered by David R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's going to take me some time, maths was never my strong point!! Aargh!!
2006-08-08 05:41:16 · answer #10 · answered by Rae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋