3 men want a room at the hotel. the manager says there is only one, which they can share if they wish. The charge is £30. So the men give 10 pounds each, and take the room. Half an hour later, the manager realises he has overcharged for the room. So he sends the page boy up with 5 one pound coins. "The room is £25", he says. "Give them their change".
Page boy decides to steal a couple of the coins, giving the men £3. This they share.
They each take £1 back. Making a total of £27 paid for the room. (3 x £9 of course).
The boy had £2. That makes £29 in total. Where's the other pound gone??.
2006-09-30 23:36:02 · 6 answers · asked by robert120513 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
the manager took it
2006-10-01 03:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Nemo <3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the room costs £27 that is made up of £25 for room plus £2 for boy, therefore adding £3 refunded to men gives £30
2006-10-01 00:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by the main man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually if you do the math...
They get a fiver refund, but the page boy keeps 2, that only leaves 3 to share, and as there are three of the men, the math works out.
Perhaps a typo???
2006-09-30 23:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie Armour 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in total theyve been charged £27 pounds for room so the maths works out
2006-10-01 00:26:15 · answer #4 · answered by magiclady2007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the room was really 25 and they ended up paying 27???
i would wonder where the 2 #'s went???
2006-10-01 00:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
30,,,,,,,, 5 returned 25+2stolen +3 actuely returned =30 anomoly with wording and calculation i suppose
2006-09-30 23:53:19 · answer #6 · answered by txtx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋