ok brainiacs try this one. you cant change the story around.?

Question

3 guys go into a hotel they pay $10.00 each for a room. later on the manager looks at the ledger and says these 3 guys came as a group
they get a discount. so the manager says to the bellhop here take
this $5.00 and give it back to them.the bellhop on his way to the room
was thinking how am i going to split $5.00 between 3 guys. so the bellhop put $2.00 in his pocket and gave $1.00 back to each of them.now the three of them only paid $9.00 each.
heres the problem. the 3 of them paid a tolal of $27.00
ok they paid $27.00 the bellhop put $2.00 in his pocket
WHERE DID THE OTHER $1.00 GO ???????????

Answer 1

Why is this question asked so many times? It's not funny and its not hard to answer! Its so old!!!

Answer 2

To look at it from the standpoint of the original $30. Each man has $1.
The bellhop has $2.
The hotel clerk has $25.
Total
$1 x 3 = $3
2
25
$30

Answer 3

there is no missing dollar. the trick is that people do all of the math at the wrong time. Most people do all the math at the end.

See watch if you do it at the end you get $29.00, like this. now the three of them only paid $9.00 each.
heres the problem. the 3 of them paid a tolal of $27.00
ok they paid $27.00 the bellhop put $2.00 in his pocket. that is 29.00


If you do it write you get 30.00. They all paid 10 dollars. the guy over charged them 5 dollars. So all together they paid 25.00 so 25 plus 5 is 30 dollars

Answer 4

The first person answering the question stated that the men paid twenty-five dollars for their rooms. The three men each paid nine dollars each for a total of $27.00. They paid a total of $25.00 for their rooms, in addition to which the bellhop tipped himself $2.00: $25.00 + $2.00= $27.00. This riddle has been around for a long time as evidenced by the men staying in a hotel w/ a bellhop for about $8.33/ room/ night.

Answer 5

Nowhere. You were tricky with your wording! They paid $27 for the room (including $2 to bellhop). They have the 3 extra dollars between them.

Answer 6

okay why would you say they paid 9 each? because the hotel price was only 25 dollars

so they have 25 to the hotel 2 to the bellhop and 3 to the guests

25+2+3=30

and this is really really really old ♥

Answer 7

they were suppossed to get $5 back which made the dicount to $25. the bellhop kept $2 which made it $27 and gave each man $3 which makes it $30.

Answer 8

No no no. Okay, the two dollars in his pocket are still technically in the $27 they are paying. The three $1 bills plus the $27 equals $30. That is a trick question, because it leads you to believe 27 + 2 should give you your answer.

Answer 9

If they gave $30 to start off the bell hop takes gets $5 to give back he takes $2 then they payed $28 dollars all together - not $27 because the $3 dollars was given back.

In essence there is no "other" dollar

Answer 10

... old? it must be ancient! i mean where can you get a room for $10 nowadays? and why are these 3 guys all sharing it anyway? sounds to me like they up to no good and that bellhop should call up the cops rightaway!

Answer 11

The SImple answer is this is only because of the digit 3 when ever u try to divide any number with three. you will get the result like .........(3.3333333) like tht ..... so thts why the story the boy asked is intelligent but .. still there is no answer for this cause .. if we reverse this .. story the ... Money is all clear how much the person took ..!!!! from each other.......... so I appriciate tht he atleast asked some fin tricky :)!!!