three hunters go hunting and they go to their favorite lodge. The lodge manager recognizes them as repeat custom. He informs them that the rent for their cabin is 75 dollars a night so the3 hunter split the cost between them. They go to their cabin. Later the manager send the bell hop to return $5 dolars to the men as a discount for their return business. So whem the beel hop communicated this to the hunters they are in a delema since they can not split $ 5 dollars equally so the each take a dollar and give a 2 dollar tip to the bell hop. How much did it cost the hunters each ?
2006-08-19 12:01:45 · 24 answers · asked by ? 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
adde after first answer--- but 25 came out of their pocket
2006-08-19 12:06:41 · update #1
what happened to the 2 dollar tip
2006-08-19 12:09:03 · update #2
ask me if you want the answer
2006-08-19 12:10:04 · update #3
Easy. 3 * 25 = 75
75 - 5 = 70
70 / 3 = 23.33 = What the manager got from them.
5 - 2 = 3
The tip was 2 and each man got 1, so 1 * 3 = 3.
The problem is that people tend to count some dollars more than once. If you do, the error is hard to find.
23.33 + 1 = 24.33
Each man gave a (2 / 3) tip equal to .66
24.33 + .66 = 24.99 which is about 25 dollars with a rounding error.
2006-08-19 12:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by Jack 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
24
2006-08-19 22:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
24
2006-08-19 19:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
$24
2006-08-19 19:06:35 · answer #4 · answered by heynowpauly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
24
2006-08-19 19:06:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
24
2006-08-19 19:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by babykatdream099 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The cost offered to them is 70 dollars (original 75 - 5 dollars). They each paid 24. 24 x 3 = 72. They actually paid 72, and the extra 2 dollars over the 70 offered them is the 2 dollar tip the bellhop has.
2006-08-19 19:10:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe the answer is:
75/3= $25 each hunter. Nothing ever changed. They recieved $5 back but they split it among them so they have $1 extra. They really paid $20.
2006-08-19 19:09:26 · answer #8 · answered by jay jay 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
22
2006-08-19 19:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by ebbie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is a similar one using $30 with a $5 refund
the joys of math!
24 + 24 + 24 + 2 tip = $74 but they paid $75 to start.... hmmmmm
2006-08-19 19:06:34 · answer #10 · answered by border 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋