3 friends get the last hotel room and pay $10.00 each. The desk clerk feels badly that he overcharded them so he gives the bellhop $5.00 to give back to them. The bellhop pockets $2.00 and gives the 3 roomies $3.00.
So they ended up paying $9.00 each for the room. Remember, the bellhop kept $2.00. Lets total it up:
3 x $9.00====$27.00
Bellhop ..............2.00
TOTAL----------$29.00
Where did the other $1.00 GO?
Multiplication only, no $25.00 blah, blah, blah.
2006-10-03 11:56:06 · 8 answers · asked by Saffernellie 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The hotel overcharged the friends by $5. Meaning that the room cost them $25, $8.33 each. You give each of them $1 back, they effectively paid $9.33.
$9.33 x 3 = 28.00(rounded)
$2 to the trustworthy bellhop
Total = $30.
2006-10-03 12:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Steven B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is no $30. look at it a different way. the 3 people pay $9 each to make $27 which includes a $2 tip. that way the 3 people are $9 less, the bellhop is $2 up and the $25 went to the owner of the hotel. the $2 shouldnt be added on to the $27 but taken away to make the amount the 3 people paid toward the room.
2006-10-03 19:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
$3 passed from the three friends to the clerk, then to the bellhop, then back to the friends, and so the friends paid $27 for the room. The clerk has $25 of it and the bellhop has the other $2 of it. $25 + $2 = $27.
Why are you adding the $2 to the $27? That makes no sense.
2006-10-03 19:07:02 · answer #3 · answered by wild_turkey_willie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the way you worded the problem that makes it seem like there's a missing dollar. But there isn't...
The 3 tenants have $3.00. (The bellhop gave it to them.)
The bellhop has $2.00. (He kept for himself.)
The desk clerk has $25.00 ($30.00 - $5.00 = $25.00)
TOTAL = $3.00 + $2.00 + $25.00 = $30.00
No money was lost in this story.
2006-10-03 19:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Pinsir003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but your logical fallacy is in the details.
The gentlemen did NOT pay $30 total, they only paid $27 (3 x $9).
Since the bill was only $25, and the bellboy kept $2, that means
$25 + $2 = $27 = 3 x $9
QED.
2006-10-03 18:59:58 · answer #5 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They didnt pay 9 for the room - they paid 10 and then other things happend after that.
They all got 1 dollar back means "they all got 1 dallar back" - it doesnt mean they all paid 9 for the room.
2006-10-03 19:05:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
3*9=27
27-2 = 25 blah,blah,blah
2006-10-03 19:05:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nice way of putting it, but.....wrong! They only paid 27 dollars
2006-10-03 19:03:46 · answer #8 · answered by Webballs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋