3 guys walk in a hotel to get a room. clerk says "that's $150." so each guy divies up $50. for their share of the room. later the hotel manager checks out the registry and sees that the clerk over-charged the 3 guys by $50. and tells the clerk to refund the guys the $50. so the clerk takes 5 ten's out of the register and goes to their room. on the way up the elevator he thinks; "how the hell am i gonna split $50. evenly between the 3 guys?" he decides that he'll give each guy back $10. and pocket $20. which adds up to the $50. he took from the till.
now the question to the riddle is this: if each guy got back $10. from the original $50. they each paid, that means the 3 guys paid a total of $120. for the room. $40.x3=$120. right? so if that's true, and the clerk pocketed $20. what happened to the other $10.?
This is not a trick question, & must be done to the exact decimal, so no 33.3's.
2006-09-22 10:30:56 · 15 answers · asked by filotofo 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
I understand it adds up otherwise, but what is wrong with this equation, why doesn't it add up like this?
2006-09-22 10:36:11 · update #1
good one??? ill get back to ya
2006-09-22 11:57:58 · answer #1 · answered by jessandduane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are asking a good question based on the way the riddle is worded.
But what you need to hear to satisfy your question is this. What are the actual figures?
The $120 (money spent by each person) has nothing to do with the $150 anymore (the original cost of the room). The important figure is the $100 (actual cost of the room); plus 30 (guys got back) and 20 (clerk) pocketed.
The real mystery is why didn't the clerk make all of our lives easier and pocket the whole $50?
2006-09-22 19:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by Serendipity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
150 div 3 = 50 - 50 from 150 = 100 + 30 = 130 + 20 for the clerk = 150
2006-09-22 17:54:20 · answer #3 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay.....
they paid $150
$50 overcharged
Proper charge is $100
Clerk took $50 to repay but kept $20
Gave each guy $10.....10x3=30 plus the 100 equals $130 ..put the $20 the clerk took will be the total they gave of $150
The riddle is only in how you wrote it up....baddddd
2006-09-22 17:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by Zoey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The guys paid $120 which is equal to the $20 for the clerk and $100 for the hotel. You can't mix the numbers of paid and kept.
2006-09-22 17:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Steve M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt another $10 if he gave each guy $10 10x3=30 and he pocketed $20 then 20+30=50. if this is the correct question maybe you made a typo by saying the clerk pocketed $20 instead of $10.
2006-09-22 17:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by skitle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no... because if they got 30 dollars back after the clerk took 20
100+30+20=150
its just a play on words and that's it there is no missing 10 dollars â¥
2006-09-22 17:33:33 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nothing happened to the money because 20(clerk)+30(men)+100=150
2006-09-22 17:36:51 · answer #8 · answered by monsterboi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20 (clerk) + 30 (customers) + 100 (register) still equals $150.00...there is no missing 10 spot.
2006-09-22 17:37:53 · answer #9 · answered by scratchwhiplash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no answer i ave heard that Q b4 and gone over and over it but there is know answer it drives me nuts i am 14 and love math o i thought i would be able to find out easy but the more i thought about it the more annoyed
2006-09-22 17:45:43 · answer #10 · answered by hannah c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no 10's are missing
2006-09-22 17:40:54 · answer #11 · answered by cool dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋