3 people reserve a motel room over the phone and are told it will cost $30.00 total. They get to the motel where they each put in $10.00. to pay for the room. After the clerk sees them to their room and starts to count the nights earnings he realizes he over charged the 3 people. The price should have been only $25.00 So he heads up to their room to refund the $5.00 they were over charged. As he's about to knock on the door he thinks to himself " how do I divide $5.00 between 3 people? He decides to make it easier on himself by keeping $2.00 as a tip. He knocks on the door and informs the people what happend then gives them each $1.00 as a refund. So how much did each of the 3 people end up paying? Originally they payed $10.00 each. After getting $1.00 each as a refund they would have payed $9.00 each. 9X3 is 27 + the $2.00 the casheir took out for a tip makes it 29 dollars total. Where did the extra $1.00 go?
2006-09-08 23:35:07 · 15 answers · asked by notame n 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Duh
The Desk Clerk took the money out of the $27 not in addition to it
30 - 1-1-1 = 27
27 - 2 = 25
25 is the rate for the room
2006-09-08 23:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by tijuana_jack 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-09 06:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by Dawne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Clerk took the money out of the $27
30 - 1-1-1 = 27
27 - 2 = 25
25 is the rate for the room
2006-09-09 07:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by $IDH@NT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
25
2006-09-09 07:39:38 · answer #4 · answered by huge.shadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30-5=25+3 ( dollar for each person)=28+2 (for the clerk)=30
Ta-da!
2006-09-09 11:29:36 · answer #5 · answered by sparklingsapphireeyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG another hard one for me.. how did that happen I don't get it but I'm trying so here goes he gave it to himself and charged them now for the room at 27 dollars.
2006-09-09 06:45:24 · answer #6 · answered by babycakes3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These always blow me away.
I don't understand how it can redirect my mind to the point of not being able to see it.
This is supposed to make me laugh... not make my head hurt!
2006-09-09 07:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive heard this one so many times before. it was good the first time i heard it though.
2006-09-09 08:26:33 · answer #8 · answered by j o s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice riddle!i heard it before but enjoyed it
2006-09-09 08:08:00 · answer #9 · answered by Sai♥Pranav 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is there, somewhere! LOL.
Have a great Sunday!
2006-09-10 11:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by jfmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋