Can u solve pt 2. ....and this one?

Question

3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS $30, SO
EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.

A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO
HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.

ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1 AND KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR
HIMSELF.

THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.

WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?

Answer 1

its just poor math,
the men all payed 10 each they got three back so the room was 25 dollars plus the three they got back is 28 plus the two the Bellhop kept is thirty

Answer 2

There is no other dollar. The room was $25, split 3 ways is about $8.33 paid by each man. If the bellboy had split the $5 change evenly each man would have received about $1.67. BUT the bellboy kept $2 for a tip meaning each man would have provided about $0.67 each. Since the men were only given $1 each they actually paid about $9.33 each for the room.

Answer 3

The dollar is still there. If you look at it. this way. $25 split up 3 ways is 8.33333333333 but you see that 2 paid 8 and one paid $9. That equals up to $25. Add the three dollars that they got and it adds upt to $28. The bellhop kept $2 and then add it to the $28 and there is $30. The dollar is still there. It depends on how you add it up. The bellhop just considers it as a tip.

Answer 4

Wrong conclusion!!! Read it more carefully and you'll understand that you CANNOT add $27 and $2. You must DEDUCT $2 from $27. Here is why: Each man ended up paying $9 for the room. $9x3=$27. So out of that amount ($27) the Desk guy got $25 and the Bellboy got $2. So what exactly does 27+2 stand for? HUH? Nice try though! Bring 'em on!!!!

Answer 5

To be precise each person payed $9 and 33 cents not just $9 for the room. You calculated the problem wrong to begin with. So, in fact the one dollar is split to 33 cents for the 3 people who stayed in the room wich equals to 99 cents, close to the dollar.

Answer 6

there was no other dollar the room was 25 + 2 tip = 27

Answer 7

It costed to then 3X9=27

25 paid to the Motel
2 withheld by the Bellboy

The question is a scum

Answer 8

actually not including the $2 tip each man actually paid about $8.33 before they received their dollar back. Because you would take 25 and divide that by 3 first.

Answer 9

there is no other dollar because the five dollar discount made the room 25$ and the five he gave back to the bell boy makes 30
$ .

Answer 10

yeah . I've heard that one b4. in the version of the guy going to the shop. it has something to do with the calculations and something about the calculation that you cannot do it like that. good one. I could never really figure it out.