Three soldiers walk into a motel. The clerk behind the counter says it is $30 for a room. Each soldier hands over $10. When the bellboy comes back down to the desk, the clerk realizes that the soldiers were not given their military discount. He hands over 5 singles to the bellboy and instructs him to go to the soldiers and hand the 5 singles to them. As the bellboy is returning back to the room, he realizes that you can not divide $5 between 3 people. He looks around and stuffs $2 inside his pocket, when he know that nobody is around. He knocks on the door and hands one of the soldiers $3 and tells them it is their military discount. Now for the riddle: Since they originally paid $10 per person, and just received $1 back, each, that means that they paid $9. If you multiply $9 x 3, the answer is $27, than add the $2 the bellboy stuffed in his pocket. The total is $29 exactly. Where is the missing $1 when we started off with $30? Good luck to everyone!
2007-01-05 11:00:55 · 8 answers · asked by nyicecreamking 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
ooh I know this one!
My friend sent it to me, and I actually spent my time solving it!
The total doesn't equal 30 because you're not adding the right numbers.
The soldiers all together paid 30 dollars. So now there's 30 dollars in the cashier(lets pretend there's no other money in there), and 0 dollars for the soldiers.
Then, the soldiers get back 3. The soldiers have 3 dollars, the cashier has 25, and the bellboy has 2. 25+3+2 is 30!
The problem was saying that the soldiers paid $27 with the discount, the cashier should have 25, but it keeps 2 dollars , so it has 27 dollars.And then added the 2$ that the cashier has..It added the 2$ twice, and didnt add the 3$ at all..in the end, the cashier has 27$, and the guys have 3$ change
2007-01-05 11:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by mkn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
25 ( the cost) + 3( 1 for each solider) + 2 ( the bellboy) = 30
2007-01-05 11:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by browneyedgirl90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They paid $25 not $27. there is no money missing. it is all accounted for. the clerk has $25. The bell boy got his $2 and the soldiers got back $3.
2007-01-05 11:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by beautyzhername 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i put that same one up.
the answer is that it is an unequel equation. u can't multiply and than add. i don't know the exact terminology but the math is all screwed up. so there is no missing dollar, the math is just wrong.
2007-01-05 11:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by talofa lava 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a really good one, only it's too bad I will never know the answer because it hurts my brain too much! lol
2007-01-05 11:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by lex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they paid it to the manager
2007-01-05 11:05:06 · answer #6 · answered by lil miss mystery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy! the manger has it. u stumped me at first though! ha!
2007-01-05 11:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by Freak on a leash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whatever..
2007-01-05 11:03:07 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Jadaboo♥ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋