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Question

3 men went to a bar they all put £30 in the kitty for a bottle of wine which was £30 but the waiter came back and said they didnt have any of the £30 one only £25 bottle so the men agree to have this so the waiter gave them thier change of £5 back and because u cant split £5 between 3 they decided that they would give the waiter £2 tip and they one keep £1 each for them selves so all in all they all put £9 each in the kitty so how comes when you add it all together it just doesnt add up 3x9=27 +2 for the tip =29 +they all had a £1 back =32 so where did that extra 2 come from when they all put 10 in at the start

Answer 1

its confusing but i think the £2 is being added on twice - ie the tip for the waiter and the extra £2 above the original £25 paid for the wine.... oh i dunno its summat like that anyway. its giving me headache now tho

Answer 2

The extra pound is being added twice. I don't remember the pound sign, so I'm going to use dollar signs.

$30 chipped in, $10 each from 3 men.
Bottle of wine, $25.
$5 left over: $1 to each man and $2 to the waiter (1+1+1+2=5)
Each man paid $10, got $1 back, paid a total of $9.

$9X3= $27, + $2 tip, is $29. You are missing $1, you aren't having $2 extra.

Here's the solution anyways:

Multiplication cannot be used to solve an equation started by addition/subtraction.

Each man got, in reality, $1.67 back. To keep things even, each man gave $0.67 to the waiter. 0.67+0.67+0.67= $2.00 (due to the nature of 2/3, the numbers only add up that way for currency purposes). This leaved $1 to each man.

$25 + $2 + $1 + $1 + $1 = $30. Problem solved.

Answer 3

Because they didnt put £9 each in the kitty, you just said they did. They each put in £10, but got £1 back and had £2 over which they gave to the waiter, so all in all the bottle of wine cost them £8.33r each, with £2 left over and £3 back to share 3 x 8.33r = £25, + £3 + £2. So really they should have had £1.66r back each, add this to the £8.33 each they put in for the bottle and you get £10, which they started with each.

Answer 4

They each put in £10 (3x£10 = £30)
£30 in the kitty for the bottle of wine.
OUT OF STOCK - £30 wine.
IN STOCK - £25wine
£5 change = £1.666666666666666666666666
As you cant get £0.066666666666 (6.6666666p)
The men wisely decide to tip the Waiter £2 and have change of £3 (£30-£25=£5-(3x£1)=£2 tip for waiter
So in theory yes the men have all put in £9 and received £1 change from the original £30.

Which does actually equal £27 (either £9x3 or £30-£3)

But effectively each man has contributed as follows.

To the wine :- £25/3 = £8.33 (to nearest 1p)
To the tip :- £2/3 = £0.67 (to nearest 1p)

But.................. If you add this up you get as follows

£8.33 + £8.33 + £8.33 = £24.99 for the wine, and......
£0.67 + £0.67 + £0.67 = £2.01 for the tip.

So to make this correct you must say that............

For the wine 2 men contributed £8.33 and 1 man £8.34 to make the total £25.
And, for the tip the man who contirbuted £8.34 for the wine pays £0.66 towards the tip whilst the other 2 pay £0.67 totalling £2.

And therefore all three men will have paid £9 each.

Answer 5

It was originall 30, than they put the extra 2 in which is 32. They each got back a dollar. 32-3 = 29

Answer 6

well, first you added this wrong. you added the tip to the waiter twice, you have 3*9= 27 + 2 for the tip.
But the whole thing is just a play on numbers.
there is no extra $2.00. they each put in $10.00, $25.00 went for the wine, Each got $1.00 back and the waiter got $2.00.
$25.00 + $2.00 + $3.00= $30.00

Answer 7

thre isnt any left because there was 5 punds left to share the waiter got 2 pounds and then the got a pound each!

Answer 8

You subtract the 2, not add it, cuz they didn't pay 27 for the wine, they paid 25.

Answer 9

cause 5-3 =2... they gave the 2 to the waiter so it wouldn't add up right anyways....??????????????? hey i tried

Answer 10

the waiter was a female and she wanted some