They each give the clerk their share ($10/each). The enterprising clerk says he can give them the room for $27 and gives them back $1 each - pocketing the extra $2 himself. Now, 3 times the $9 = $27 plus the clerk's $2 = $29. What happened to the extra $1?
2006-11-16 11:57:27 · 20 answers · asked by PT 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You should be subtracting the $2 tip.
27 - 2 = 25 which is what the three men paid for the room
The room was 25 dollars.
Each man paid 25/3 dollars.
25/3 + 25/3 + 25/3 + 3 dollars given back + 2 dollar tip
= 25 + 2 + 3
= 30
2006-11-16 11:58:23 · answer #1 · answered by MsMath 7 · 4⤊ 5⤋
'The enterprising clerk says he can give them the room for $27 and gives them back $1 each - pocketing the extra $2 himself'
There's an error here. If he gave them each $1 back, then that'd be $3. No $2 leftover for the clerk.
It's only this way that the problem makes sense: If each man got a $1 back that makes $3, the hotel room costs $27 and no money for our clerk.
If the situation happened the way you said it did--well, it can't because
$27 + $3 +$2 = $32.
2006-11-16 12:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by Vernita G 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-15 15:47:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea I'm a lawyer so I would say that due to insanity the clerk claimed to take 2 extra dollars that never existed in the first place, hence, he is the real victim. There is no evidence against him cause the security camera was off and the three men are contradicting one another.
2006-11-16 12:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by White 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There are three people
Each of them give $10
3(10) = $30
The clerk now has $30
Offer = $27
Refund = $1 each
There are three people
Total refund = $ 3
The clerk has $30 - $3 = $27.
What's wrong?
2006-11-19 20:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
your looking at it all wrong there was only 27 dollars spent. the way i heard it was the clerk tells them its 30 then he sees it only $26 so he give $4 to the bell hop which inturn gives each man $1 back and they tell him to keep the $1 then that would be 3times 9=27 and one to the bell hop what happened to the other 2 stillonly 27 was spent 26 to room one tobell hop
2006-11-16 12:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by wayne 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Each man payed $9.00 = $27. I the clerk took 2 dollors for himself the he stold it from the till.
2006-11-17 01:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by jcfrench3@verizon.net 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there is no "extra" 2 dollars. if he pockets 2 dollars after he gives back a total of 3 dollars, then the total money paid would be 25 dollars, not 27.
2006-11-16 12:02:16 · answer #8 · answered by ELI 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hi. $27 + $3 back equals $30, right?
2006-11-16 12:01:31 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
that is hard
you need to subtract the $2 tip
27 - 2 = 25 which is what the three men paid for the room
2006-11-16 12:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by Carlos Gianni 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋