3 friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill was $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 each and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realises he has made an error and has charged the trio $5 to much. He asks the bellhop to take the $5 to them. The bellhop realises he has an oppertunity to make $2 his reason is the trio would have a hard time splitting $5 between them.So he tells them the clerk overcharged them by $3. He pockets $2 and the trio each recieve a $1 this means they only payed $9 each which is a total of $27 for the room. We know that the beelhop has $2 add this to the $27 you get $29 not $30 . Where did the other dollar go?????????????????????????????????????
2007-02-16 06:43:26 · 15 answers · asked by (-JO$HY-) 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
How many times must we see this riddle?
Its a cleverly worded puzzle, but the maths is all wrong.
2007-02-16 06:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The data in this riddle are sparkling: there is an initial $30 cost. it is going to were $25, so $5 must be again and accounted for. $3 is given to the three associates, $2 is saved through the bellhop - there you've the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done on the incorrect situations to misdirect your wondering - and fairly effectively for most. each and each and every of the three associates did certainly pay $9, no longer $10, and so some distance because the associates are worried, they paid $27 for the evening. yet all of us understand that the clerk will let us know that they were charged in trouble-free terms $25 and once you upload the $3 again with the $2 saved through the bellhop, you come back up with $30
2016-12-04 06:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to remember the price of the room is now $25, forget $30, then 3 times 9 is 27, take away $2 not add on, making $25....
2007-02-16 06:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by Rod Stewart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is that there is no missing dollar. Adding $27 and $2 (to get $29) is the wrong operation. They paid $27, $2 went to the dishonest waiter, and $25 went to the restaurant. You have to subtract $27 minus $2 to get $25. There never was a $29; it has nothing to do with anything.
2007-02-16 06:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by upallnight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
30-5=25 so it should have cost them $25 plus the 3 they got back is 28 plus 2 dollars is 30
2007-02-16 06:50:33 · answer #5 · answered by sasa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bit like saying you have ten fingers but start counting backwards with the one hand you get to six and hold up your other hand 6 + 5 = 11
2007-02-16 06:52:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hotel get £25.00 for the room, the friends get £3.00 back and wiater gets £2.00 = £30.00
The only way to calculate this is that they each pays £9.00 which is £27.00 but they dont know that £2.00 went to the waiter, and they have £3.00 left, so £27.00 plus 3 = £30.00. (the waiters £2.00 is from the £27.00)
2007-02-18 22:32:01 · answer #7 · answered by China Doll 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
starting price = £30.00
error price = £25.00
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refund price = £5.00
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bellhop kept £2.00
gave back 3 x £1.00
total is £5.00 what was refunded
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thus the the motel room was sold for the discounted price of £25.00 + refund = £30.00 ..so there is no missing dollar only in the way you say it
makeing it read as 3x 9 +2= 29
2007-02-17 10:12:16 · answer #8 · answered by andygames07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the clerk has it
2007-02-16 06:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by girly girl7699 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This one was just on Y!A last week!
2007-02-16 08:22:26 · answer #10 · answered by christmas382000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋