How To Stump An Accountant
Three weary travelers arrive at a hotel in Edmonton, and each pays $10 to the hotel owner for a one-night stay.
Q: How much did the guests pay in total?
A: 3 * $10 = $30
After the men had left the office, the owner thought to himself that he had charged them too much, so he called the porter into his office.
"I've overcharged the three men too much - here's $5. I want you to take it to them and give them a refund on their rooms."
The porter thought to himself that it would be difficult to split the $5 between the three men, so he decided to take a $2 tip for himself, then gave each of the hotel guests a dollar each between the three of them.
Q: With the refund, how much did the guests now pay in total?
A: 3 * $9 = $27
Q: So the total money involved was $27 plus the $2 for the porter tip = $29.
Where's the missing dollar gone?
2007-01-12 08:59:09 · 8 answers · asked by jmudrone 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Which way did he go george? Which way did he go!?
2007-01-12 09:02:48 · answer #1 · answered by ηєvєrmorє 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The mistake is in your adding the $2 tip rather than subtracting it.
The total money involved was the $27 paid by the guests plus the $5 refund = $32. The porter then TOOK $2 from this leaving the original $30 that the three men had paid.
2007-01-12 17:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by Groucho Returns 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow this, the men were supposed to pay $8.33 each (since the price was $25) returning the $1 to each would make the total $28 [($8.33 + $1) x3]=28. Then the remaining $2 tip would go to the scheming bellhop which would bring the grand total to $30.
2007-01-12 18:42:55 · answer #3 · answered by lascobee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well 30-5=25plus the 3$=28[not 27} then u have the 2$ tip which = 30 bucks
2007-01-12 17:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by tina1rules 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it is incorrect to say that $27 was the money involved. He had $30 to begin with, not $27.
$27 is what the patrons were billed. $30 was the money involved and he gave $3 back to the patrons.
2007-01-12 17:17:41 · answer #5 · answered by Tones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 - 5 = 25
25 divided by 3 is $8.33 (rounded)
$8.33 + 1 = 9.33
$9.33 x 3 = 27.99
$27.99 + $2.00 = 29.99 so the porter's tip was $2.01
2007-01-12 17:13:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the porter kept $2.00 so the room was $28.00.they paid $9.333 each.
2007-01-12 17:26:33 · answer #7 · answered by redliner 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'VE HAD THIS ONE BEFORE AND IT'S SO SIMPLE AND NOW I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO DO IT. DARN.
2007-01-12 17:04:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋