Three guys walk into a hotel. They pay $30 to stay for the night. After the men walked up to their room, the cashier realized he has made a mistake, the room actually costs $25. He told the bellboy to return $5 to the men. The bellboy took $2 for himself, thinking that three men couldn't split $5 evenly.
So each man paid $9. Three times $9 is $27. The bellboy has $2. That adds up to $29 where's the missing dollar?
2006-12-21 14:11:16 · 22 answers · asked by Fall Out at the Disco 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The bellboy's money is counted as each man's cost. Each man pays $9 because the room is $27 counting the bellboy's thievery. He gives them $3 back, and it all adds to thirty.
2006-12-21 14:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.
2006-12-21 14:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following night two friends check into the same motel. Once again the clerk charges them $30, or $15 per person. After the clerk remembers the total rate is only $25 he sends the bellhop upstairs with five $1 bills to pay the two friends back. The bellhop knows he got away with larceny once so he tries it again. But this time he pockets $3 and returns $2 to the hotel guests ($1 per guest). So each of the two guests got $1 back from their original $15. Therefore each paid $14 which is a total payment of $28 for the room. Now the bellhop has $3, the guests paid $28, for a total of $31....THERE'S THE MISSING DOLLAR!!!!
2006-12-21 15:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by cajun24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they each pay 10 dollars (3). receive a three dollar discount. The boy has 2 dollars and the manager has 25 dollars. therfore (25+3+2=30) simple
working out!
10+10+10
=30
-5+2=3 -3 off original price or 1 dollar of the three payments
=9+9+9
=27 (-3 they got discounted)
=25 (-2$ the boy has)
=0 (take 25 dollars the manger has)
it's all there!
people wil make a mistake thinking 3 times 9 =27 AND then try to add up to 30. but you have to take!
2006-12-21 14:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the owner of the hotel has the extra dollar. not the belboy, but the guy who told the bellboy to return the money.
2006-12-21 14:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by hotbigtoad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question...where are the cops to bust the theiving bell boy...but in reality, they paid 8.33 for the room, 25/3 and then they each got a dollar back...so the only money missing is .66 cents from each, equalling two dollars...
2006-12-21 14:17:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not a missing dollar. The wording of the backwards "logic" is merely a brain teaser.
2006-12-21 14:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by Lori S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The cashier got the $1.00, and nobody is the wiser.
2006-12-21 14:41:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that doesnt make sense. if they payed 30 to start with they wouldnt have payed 9 each they would have payed 10 each.
2006-12-21 14:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by Neva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the cashier
2006-12-21 14:15:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋