3 men went to stay at a motel, the stay in total was $30. They each put in $10. The manager then decided that b/c it was 4 a.m. when they checked in, he would take $5 off the price. He sent his clerk to give them back $5. The clerk said to himself, "they cant split $5 evenly so, I cam going to give them $3 and keep $2 for myself. So if the 3 men each got back a dollar. In total they spent $27. But if the clerk kept the $2 that would make it $29 not $30. Where is the other dollar??? I know 3+2=5. But when you look at the total of what they spent and what the clerk kept. Its doesn't make sense. There is an answer, I just cant figure it out. Does anyone know???
*9 X 3+ 27 what they really spent
*clerk kept $2
*27+2= 29 not 30????? Where is that dollar that totals the origianal $30 spent
2007-02-04 06:22:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
10x3=30 (original)
30-5=25 (refund)
25+3=28 (customers)
28+2=30 (clerk)
Does this help?
2007-02-04 06:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by krissybug19 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they gave 1 buk tip
2007-02-04 14:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by punjabi4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no missing dollar!
2007-02-04 18:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by dreamgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very, very old riddle!
There is no missing dollar, you are adding unrelated numbers!
2007-02-04 14:31:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone got hungry and ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-04 16:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋