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Here is a Trick Question ive known it for years and asked math teachers and almost everyone but the all say the don't know so lets see if you can answer it

Three guys spent all day at canton, ohio at the football hall of fame. Well the decided they wanted to crash becuase they were pretty tired. Well they went to a hotel but the hotel manager saidthere was one room left. Well they were so tired they just took the single room. sence the room was normally 40 bucks but he said they could have it for 30. well they went up there, not much longer the bell boy came up and gave them five dallors back sence they took the single room. well the couldnt divide five bucks between the three of them so they kept one each and gave the bell boy a 2 dallor tip. they all spent 9 dallors each and thats 27 bucks and gave 2 to the bell boy that makes 29. Where did thet 30th dallor go?

Answer 1

The math is incorrect. If they had been charged $27.00 for the room originally, they would have each given the man $10.00, and each received $1 change, making the math problem 9+9+9=27, and 27+3=30, the $3 being the key. Instead, the way the problem reads, it is turned into 27+2=29, which is where the confusion lies. The problem should be $25 (room rate) + $2 (what the bellboy kept) = $27, and $27 + $3 (the change the three guys received) = $30.

Answer 2

There is no mystery. The room cost (30 - 5) = 25. They gave a $2 tip which makes $27. Each one had put in $(10 - 1) = $9. Three times 9 is 27. It all adds up.

This is an old one, what you have done is to account for the $2 tip twice and got a total that is $2 too high, not $1 too low.

OH, the answer to "everything I say is a lie" is he lying or telling the truth? is he is lying. The reason is that there are three possibilities, he always lies, he always tells the truth or sometimes he lies. If the truth is that sometimes he lies then when he says "everything I say is a lie" then that is a lie.

Answer 3

if the room was originally 40, marked down to 30, shouldnt the bell boy have given back 10 dollars not 5. and for that matter, shouldnt the 3 guys have just paid the discounted price to the desk clerk in first place, which would have been 10 dollars a piece? and even if the guys did spend 9 dollars each, and gave the bell boy two, the bell boys tip does not count towards the room charge of thirty dollars which would have made them 3 dollars short and wouldnt have gotten any change back, or the key to the room for that matter....

Answer 4

Well.. if they originally spent $30, then they spent $10 each in the first place. Then they got the 5 back, and each kept 1 and gave the $2 tip, and it evens out.

Answer 5

The room was 30 their was three of them that is 10 dollars echa they spent. given back 10 the three of them coul take 3 each from the change and give the bell boy one, but otherwise the riddle doesnt make sense

Answer 6

they have $30, 30-2=28, 28-(9x3)=1
the total ammount spent was $29

that's how much they spend, they still have a dollar left! that was really simple, they never spent that last dollar so it didn't go anywhere

how is that a trick question? heres a trick question for ya...
if a guy comes up to you and says "everything I say is a lie" is he lying or telling the truth?

Answer 7

I have no clue. I've never heard of a dallor before, although I do know what a dollar is...

Answer 8

your math is bad, they each spent 9 and one third dollars, giving a total of 28 between the three of them, and the bellboy tip of two for a total of 30.

Answer 9

Lol i've seen this joke so many times! Easy- there never was a 30th dollar.
You might want to do spell check in the future Lol.

Answer 10

First of all, stop saying "well" at the beginning of every sentence. Second, this is probably the fifth time I've seen this question on here, it's a trick, there is no missing money.