Three friends are sharing a hotel room. At check in they are told the room costs $30. Each person gives a 10 dollar bill. After the transaction they go to the room. The desk manager comes in and sees the slip, then informs the desk clerk he overcharged the group: the room was only $25. The manager gives the desk clerk five 1 dollar bills and sends him up to the room. On his way he decides it's silly to give 3 people 5 dollars so he pockets 2 and gives one dollar back to each person.
So here we go: Each person paid 10, and got one back..so each paid 9.
The clerk pocketed 2.
9 * 3= 27 +2= 29...where'd the other dollar go?
2006-12-02 12:47:27 · 14 answers · asked by the beet 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Don't forget Barkely...we started with $30.
It's just fun, mathematicians scoff at it immediately but for me it freaked me out...each paid nine, clerk took two...that's 29. not 30
2006-12-02 13:05:12 · update #1
Very sneaky...
Short answer: There is no other dollar.
Long answer: Each person paid 10, and the clerk pocketed two--true. But the money that was paid INCLUDES the money that the clerk pocketed--adding these two numbers together gives a completely meaningless sum.
Combined, the men hold $3 and paid $27 for the room--25 of which sits in the hotel cash register and 2 of which is held by the dishonest desk clerk.
(Look at it this way... It's like saying I give $1000 to Bill and Steve. Steve gives me $900 back and pockets $1. So I paid 1000 and got 900 back, so I paid 100, and Steve pocketed 1.
100 + 1 = 101. Where is the other $899? Same question.)
2006-12-02 13:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by foxwallow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's the desk manager's miscalculation.
And therefore, we should count starting from the
10 dollar billx3(since they're 3 friends) =30
But since the room was only 25, we subtract 5 from 30
30 - 5 = 25.
And since it's difficult to divide 5 by 3, he just slipped in the 2
dollars so he should have 27 dollars now.
And he gave the 3 dollars to each of them so we add 3
27+3= 30
VOILA!!!!!!!!you got the other dollar!
2006-12-02 13:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by ToLiTz 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Learn to do math. The formula
9 * 3= 27 +2= 29
should be
9 * 3 = 27 - 2 = 25 which is correct.
You just can add or subtract at will to get an answer.
2006-12-02 12:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
there isnt a missing dollar,,,
they paid 27 dollars, the hotel has 25 of it, the desk clerk two of it
2006-12-02 13:08:29 · answer #4 · answered by dlin333 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
here's the thing, i am good at math, actually i like math, but this is the first time i say , I HAVE NO IDEA!!, lol that is so confusing.....but a 10/10 is given cause i am going to tell my friends..lol after reading one of the answers i get it now ,lol
2006-12-02 12:53:21 · answer #5 · answered by LittleBit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no extra dollar, the manager gave the clerk five, and he gave way three of those, and kept two for his own.
2006-12-02 12:49:40 · answer #6 · answered by rand a 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah I have pondered this same little question for years...and I suck at math....blows my mind. Even if somebody knew the answer I prob. wouldn't understand the explanation. lol
2006-12-02 13:20:33 · answer #7 · answered by mandakathryn02 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the coke machine on the way to the room? i have no idea~
2006-12-02 12:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It went in the guys pocket.
2006-12-02 12:49:57 · answer #9 · answered by 456512 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that was awesome. If I didn't see all the other answers with the explainations, I would be totally dumbfounded.
2006-12-03 15:24:52 · answer #10 · answered by misskenjr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋