Can you help me with this riddle?

Question

3 GUYS WALK INTO HOLIDAY INN. THEY WANT TO RENT A ROOM THE CLERK IS NOT THERE, SO THE BELL BOY RENTS THEM THE ROOM FOR $30. EACH GUY GIVES HIM $10.
WHEN THE CLERK GETS BACK HE TELLS THE BELL BOY THAT THE ROOMS ARE ONLY $25. HE GIVES HIM $5 BACK AND TELLS HIM TO RETURN IT TO THE THREE GUYS.
ON HIS WAY UP THE BELL BOYS THINKS HOW AM I GOING TO DIVIDE $5 IN BETWEEN THREE GUYS. HE KEEPS $2 GIVES EACH ONE OF THE GUYS $1. SO AT THE END THEY EACH PAY $9 FOR THE ROOM (9X3 = 27) PLUS THE $2 THAT THE BELL BOY KEPT IS $29 WHERE DID THE OTHER $1 GO?

Answer 1

Actually, each man only paid $8.333333333333(infinity) dollars.

Answer 2

Each customer pays $9 for the room--total $27

$25 is with clerk

$2 is with bellboy---each customer suffered a loss of $0.66 ~ 66cents
25 +2=27---that's right
this is a sentence from the riddle:

SO AT THE END THEY EACH PAY $9 FOR THE ROOM (9X3 = 27) PLUS THE $2 THAT THE BELL BOY KEPT IS $29 WHERE DID THE OTHER $1 GO?
(this sentence is wrong)
observe this:
PLUS THE $2 THAT THE BELL BOY KEPT IS $29--this $2 is taken from the $27 the customers pay
so, $2 cannot be added to $29

so
27 - 2 = 25
customers pay bell boy gets with clerk

Best Regards,

Answer 3

$25 with the clerk
$ 2 with the bell boy
$ 1 guy1
$ 1 guy2
$ 1 guy3
= $30...so technically they paid $9 each including the tip to the bell boy. so there is no such thing as "other $1"

Answer 4

They each paid $9 for a total of $27 but from there you have to subtract the $2 which totals $25. You don't add it back in to add back up to $30. Besides, the bellman kept the $2 so they each paid $9.

Answer 5

Q: Dear 100 Hour Board,
Three guys decided to share the cost of a motel room. It was thirty dollars. Each man gave a ten to the hotel managaer and went up to their shared room. However, the manager realized he had overcharged them by five dollars. So he gave a five to the bellboy to return to them. The bellboy couldn't figure out how to split five dollars between three men. So he took two dollars, put them in his pocket and then gave each man one dollar back. This means that each man paid nine dollars for the room. Nine dollars times the three (three men) is twenty-seven. Now add the two dollars the bellboy took, and that is only twenty-nine. What happened to the other dollar?
-Not Good with Math
A: Dear Not Good with Math,
Ooh. Trixy question. The answer comes from a logical fallacy. It's this statement right here: "This means that each man paid nine dollars for the room." Where did the nine come from? It came from 30-3�3=9. Why on earth would you subtract three, though? They were out FIVE. The math done properly should be 30-5�3=8.33. Replace the nine with that number and the problem works out just fine (minus the penny we just lost in rounding down). Observe: This means that each man paid 8.33 dollars for the room. 8.33 dollars times the three (three men) is twenty-five. Now add the two dollars the bellboy took, plus the three dollars that was returned to them and that is thirty. There is no reason to add the $2 back in because it was in the $9 each of them paid. You could just add back in the $3 they got back.

Answer 6

well actually there are $ 30
And here is how it is split up
d room costs = $ 25
they got back = $ 03
and d tip = $ 02

which if u add up makes $ 30
so they still paid $ 9 which makes $ 27 which also includes d tip of d bellboys

Answer 7

That is something i heard a long time ago,but i still don't know the answer......if there is and answer tell it when you pick the best ,,i will be checking back to see.

Answer 8

they ript it into three pieces and each got a piece

Answer 9

tax?