math word problems?

Question

trying to find the problem where a man pays $30 for a motel room-he overpaid-bell hop gives him back $3 and keeps $2-meaning he only paid 27 and the bellhop has 2-what happened to the other dollar/

Answer 1

There are three traveling salesmen and they all stop at the same motel. Rooms are $30.00 and since their are three of them they decide to share the expense and each pays $10.00 to share the room.
The desk clerk realizes that he has given them a $25.00 room instead of a $30.00 room, so he gives five one dollar bills to the bellhop and has him bring the $5.00 back up to the salesmen.
On his way up their room the bellhop gets to thinking, How can they split $5.00 three ways?
So he decides to keep $2.00 as a tip and give each of the three salesmen a $1.00 refund.
So in actuality they each paid $9.00 apiece for the room, $9.00X3 =$27.00, the bellhop kept $2.00 which totals $29.00 Where did the other dollar go?




The guys "originally" paid $30. They got $5 back from the $30. The bellhop kept $2 while handing them $3.

$25+$3+$2=$30

Answer 2

There is no other dollar - it was given back to him when he got his $3.
The room cost $27 and the bellhop had $2.

Answer 3

25(for room)+ 3(back)+ 2(bellhop)= 30

Answer 4

so then you do the math that he got 3 dollars back. so in other words he paid $27 + $2 (bellhop) = $29
then you say where's the missing dollar?

and the answer is that it's an unequel equation.