OK... here it goes...
3 friends walk up to the reception in a hotel and they each pony up $10 Dlls for the room. They pay, get the key and are on their way. When hotel clerk checks the price of the room, he notices that he over charged 4 dollars because the room was 26 Dlls, not 30, and sends the bell boy to return the change. On his way there, the bellboy was wondering how he could give back the change equally between the 3, and desides to give back $1 Dlls per person and keep $1 Dlls for himself. The original amount was $30 Dlls, he gave back one to each, that means they each spent $9.
9 times 3 is 27 plus 1 the bellboy kept is 28, WHERE DID THE OTHER 2 DOLLARS GO...??!!
2006-09-12 21:51:50 · 11 answers · asked by Marty K 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
this is so old. i have read this ten times in this category but in different situation. same logic
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2006-09-12 22:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by ettezzil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hotel has 26, the bellboy has 1, and each of the 3 friends has 1.
2006-09-13 05:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by dead_uchiha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 x 3 is 27 though the original amount was inflated by 4 meaning that the 1 the butler kept is not 27 +1 = 28 but actually 27 - 1 (the butler kept) = 26. Semantics is really not your speciality. don't give up your day job, If you have one!
2006-09-13 05:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by clever ass 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
9 times 3 is 27, that is correct, but then the one that the bellboy kept should be subtracted, so it becomes 26
2006-09-13 05:12:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
30-4=26 then he gave 3 of the four to the boys 29 and kept one 30 not hard to figure out
2006-09-13 04:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by nodraknamrah269 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The room only cost them $26 & after gettin' $3 back & the bellhop gettin' $1,there's the $30!
2006-09-13 05:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by Putt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your math is wrong.
Three men spend $9 each. Total:$27.
The room is $26, leaving $1.
The sheisty bell-boy takes that, all accounted for.
2006-09-13 04:57:19 · answer #7 · answered by Jim T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hotel clerk?
2006-09-13 04:58:26 · answer #8 · answered by sugar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I'm no good at math!
2006-09-13 05:29:04 · answer #9 · answered by Jim F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a what.
2006-09-13 04:54:03 · answer #10 · answered by dijay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋