Three people are staying at a hotel which costs £30 for the room. They each pay £10 and go up to the room. Shortly after the receptionist realises he has overcharged, the room is only £25. Therefore he sends a maid up with five £1 coins to give to the men. Since £5 cant be split evenly between 3 men, the maid gives £1 coin back to each of them, and keeps the last two for herself.
Now the hard bit! This is a sort of Logic.
If each man only ended up paying £9 (£9 x £3= £27) and the maid has the other £2 (£27+£2=£29), where did a £1 get lost? Its supposed to add up to £30, isn't it?
2007-01-29 22:18:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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2007-01-29 22:27:35 · update #1
Thats complete madness!
2007-01-29 22:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paid 30
refund 5=25
per man 1= 3
tip maid 2
=30
2007-01-29 22:26:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you work it out the other way round:
£30 - £5 (the overcharged amount) = £25 + £3 (paid back to the 3 men) + £2 (that the maid kept) = £30
2007-01-29 22:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trick lies in the fact that the story deliberately misguides people.
The total of what the men paid and what the maid kept isn't supposed to be $30. Instead the men paid $2 more than the actual price of the room and that is the $2 that the maid keeps.
2007-01-30 04:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
£30 - £5 (the overcharged amount) = £25 + £3 (paid back to the 3 men) + £2 (that the maid kept) = £30
everyone got what they ment to
2007-01-29 23:33:57 · answer #5 · answered by xlottyxx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well saw somefing like dat b4. well infact the 3 guys paid 25/3 coz the price was 25 and was paid by 3 people. the so in all they paid 25/3 x 3 which makes u 25. then they were returned £3 and the maid took 2. in all if u count if makes 25+3+2= 30. so simple man.
2007-01-30 01:07:45 · answer #6 · answered by Arnaq 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this gets asked nearly every day in one form or another should have looked at other rtesolved qs
tis easy 25 for room
5 chnge
lads get 3 maid gets 2 all equals 5
25 + 5 = 30
2007-01-29 23:03:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing got lost
5
3 for the guys
2 for the maid
equals 5
add 25 to 5 equals 30.
They all got what they were supposed too.
2007-01-29 22:23:08 · answer #8 · answered by Super Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess if you are really not aware of this answer ten surely you are mad neither its very easy man..
Its like counting your fingers..
1 2 3 4 5.... and then on the other hand counting backwards
10 9 8 7 6.... ha 6+5=11
But this is not really not the situation..
SMR..
2007-01-29 22:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by SirfMayuR.. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is so old...It's like counting your fingers... 1 2 3 4 5.... then on the next hand counting backwards from ten... 10 9 8 7 6.... ha 6 and 5 equals 11... but I don't have 11 fingers...
2007-01-29 22:23:04 · answer #10 · answered by robtiger2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually it is the missing pound paradox
if u go by the cash circle of the cashier it is :
10+10+10 of eacch customer
5 returned
one pound to each give which is 1x3= 3
2 pounds with the maid
it makes sense
2007-01-29 22:30:43 · answer #11 · answered by abcd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋