3 men want to buy a room in a hotel for the night. The bellboy tells them it'll be $10 each so they pay him. The cashier tells the bellboy that the room only costed $25 and the bellboy needed to refund the men $5. The bellboy knew that dividing $5 among 3 people wouldn't work so he pocketed $2 for himself and gave each of the men $1 back each.
The men payed $9 each for their room after the rebate and the bellboy pocketed $2.
9+9+9+2=29
Where'd the other $1 go?
I will give an explaination so try your hardest.
2006-12-02 04:11:06 · 10 answers · asked by txsaxman91 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
$30 each man paid
- 25 origaonal price
= $5
- $3 returned money
=$2
- $2 pocketed money
there is no extra or missing money
2006-12-02 04:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by cutiepie_xoxo_2010 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The cost of the room was $27 minus $2, or $25. The missing $1 comes from adding $27 and $2 and getting the misleading figure of $29.
=)
2006-12-02 12:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by §èxÿtà mmý ® 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
theres no missing dollar...
look at it as an equation.
3x10(from each man), 2 of which was pocketed by bell boy, 3x1 was given back
30-2-3=25
so we see, the bellboy has 2, the cashier has 25, and each man has 1
its simple really
2006-12-02 12:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by swimmerdude313 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its one of the dollers int the bellboys pockets
2006-12-02 12:16:51 · answer #4 · answered by nycorvette 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It just a math trick, there is no missing dollar.
2006-12-02 12:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
one man payed 10 not 9. plus your question is messed up at the beginning
2006-12-02 12:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by astruempf00 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
it's all about misdirection. there is no missing dollar. very clever...
2006-12-02 12:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by Sultana 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
THE BELLBOY........
2006-12-02 12:18:46 · answer #8 · answered by irish s 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
he extra dollar was tipped
2006-12-02 12:19:42 · answer #9 · answered by isthisinuisetoo 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
idk
2006-12-02 13:01:57 · answer #10 · answered by s_lopez_2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋