Three friends check into a hotel for the night and the clerk
tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they
each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and
overcharged the three by $5. He asks the bellhop to return
$5 to the three friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent.
Where did the other dollar go????
2006-12-03 21:57:19 · 10 answers · asked by confusedpsyguy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
30-10= $20
20+ 3= $23
$7 was gone because $5 is for the advance and $2 is in the bellhop since they paid $5 they would only pay $20 dollars more
so now they each get a dollar
The two paid $9 but the other one paid $4 only so thats $22 only.. They kept the other dollar or the one who first paid it...
It means it was included in the $3 dollars they recieved..
2006-12-03 22:04:58 · answer #1 · answered by Zen Azura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good one, but it should read: thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. less $2 the bellhop took leaves $25 and thats what the hotel got. this is a play on words because three $9 = $27 thats all was paid so it can never add up to $30 and then you say plus the $2 the bellhop got, this makes you think add on but should be subtracted, plus the $2 the bellhop got makes $25
$30 paid originally less $5 = $25 so 25 +$2 + $3 = $30
2006-12-04 06:07:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the formula should not be 3X9=27 +2 =29 as you stated
the correct formula is 30-3=27 -2=25
2006-12-04 06:09:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took it back, cause I new what the clerk was up too as I am very good at math.
2006-12-04 07:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FRIENDS SPENT 25 DOLLORS COLLECTIVELY FOR ROOM, NOT 9 DOLLORS EACH WHICH THEY WERE LED TO BELIEVE BY BELLHOP
2006-12-07 12:32:29 · answer #5 · answered by KAZ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was very good! You had me stumped until i read some of the smart answers! Well done though.
2006-12-04 06:23:41 · answer #6 · answered by Namina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like....very clever
2006-12-04 14:29:01 · answer #7 · answered by nicky_bronx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have lost me
2006-12-04 06:03:29 · answer #8 · answered by Bella 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great
2006-12-04 07:08:36 · answer #9 · answered by mr. x 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great
2006-12-04 05:59:56 · answer #10 · answered by CLARABELLE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋