3 people sharing a flat decide to buy a 2nd hand tv, and split the price 3 ways. they go to their local 2nd hand shop, and find a tv for £30. they pay the assistant, who tells them they can have it delivered to which they agree.
when the boss returns, he says to assistant, "i was going to lower the price on that tv. take £5 back to the buyers with the tv when delivered".
The delivery man picks up the tv and £5 from the shop, but enroute to the address decides to take £2 for himself and only return £3 to the people.
he delivers tv and gives the 3 people the £3.
Heres the question
if 3 people paid £9 each {£27}(had £1 returned each) and the delivery driver has £2, where did the other £1 go?
2006-10-18 14:13:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
It seems that way but it isn't.
They each paid $10.00
The $5.00 that was to be refunded....can only be split three ways after the delivery guy took $2.00 out. So that is $3.00 or $1.00 each.
$3 +$2 = $5
2006-10-18 14:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by Trollhair 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Collectively they paid £25 for the TV and had £3 returned this makes £28 the driver had the other £2
2006-10-19 03:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by sam h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning they paid 10 each for the tv. They should have been given 5 back making it a little more than 8 dollars each. The assisstant gave himself a tip. Think of it this way. He delivers it, and the ppl give him a two dollar tip. It ends up the same. Only thirty dollors..
2006-10-18 21:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by Shadow Dreamer. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The thirty pounds are divided this way:
25 go to the shop owner.
3 go to the tenants
2 goes to the delivery guy.
total 30 pounds. What's so confusing?
2006-10-18 22:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by Draco Moonbeam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faulty logic.
It's not 27 + 2 = 30
It's 30 - (5-2) = 27
2006-10-18 21:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is still there the deleviry man got £2 and the three men got £1 each 2+3=5
2006-10-18 21:18:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they paid 28 dollars. 30-5+3=28.
2006-10-18 21:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by gojets126 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere,
he gave each person 1 pound and kept two for himself
2+3=5
2006-10-18 21:18:48 · answer #8 · answered by vegasbrother99 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The buyers only gave 9 dollars each to buy the wnd T.V.
2006-10-18 21:18:30 · answer #9 · answered by kissingbird9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would they only pay 27$ for the tv if it cost 30?
2006-10-18 21:16:55 · answer #10 · answered by RenoBabe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋