Three people go for a meal and the meal costs £30. so they al pay £10 each to be fair. The Asisstant collects the money and realises hes overcharged them £5 and really the meal costs £25. He want to keep some money (£2) so he pretends theres an offer where you get £3 back. So they all get back £1 each and the assistant keeps the extra £2. In theory the people have paid £9 so £9 X 3 is £27 the assistant kept the extra £2 which adds up to £29 .......but where has the other £1 gone!!! Because there was £30 in total at first!
2006-09-04 07:11:07 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
It didn't go anywhere it's a play on words
And they didn't pay 27 each because their meal was 25
so you have 25+3+2=30
25 for the meal
2 to the assistant
3 back to the customers ♥
2006-09-04 07:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You are assuming that they have paid £25, and gotten £3 back and the assistant kept £2? You then stated that in theory, they have paid £9 each, which would make £27, but it doesn't, because you are then assuming that before the £3 return, they have paid $8 each, which would make £24 in total, when they have infact paid £25. So, there is the missing £1. The return of £3 would make it £28, leaving £2 for the assistant.
2006-09-04 08:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by Seph7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
£25 + (3 * £1) + £2 = £30
The "problem" above is that you're adding £2 to £27 to get £29, when in fact you should be taking away the £2 to get £25.
2006-09-04 07:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by TheBaker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong calculation easy.
25 payed
3 back
2 for the waiter
25+3+2=30
2006-09-12 02:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're adding £2 to £27 to get £29, when in fact you should be taking away the £2 to get £25.
Nice riddle anyways.
2006-09-09 20:16:19 · answer #5 · answered by miracleMB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when the people have paid in total 27pounds and they get 3 pounds back of course the total would be thirty . u dont add the money the assistant got to the amt they paid because it already is in their bill.ull have to add the amt they got back(3) to what they paid(27) to get the total amt. no money is missing.
2006-09-12 04:31:56 · answer #6 · answered by bookwormanu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It’s a “mathematical mistake” with your so called theories you can prove that 1 + 1 = 3, and that’s not real…
Just another prove that mathematics are wrongly made…:)
really clever riddle!
2006-09-04 07:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Raziel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the 3 costumers. Each one received back, of their own money, 0,333, which makes 0,333...x 3 = 0,99999.
Clever and funny.
2006-09-04 07:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by Colorado 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the £1 has been returned.
2006-09-04 07:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by ash 7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer!
The full maths.
25/3=8.333+1.00=9.33x3=27.99 Remainder 2.01.
The only answer!
Good question.
2006-09-11 11:13:22 · answer #10 · answered by ?Master 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋