3 men need a place to stay for a night. They find a hotel and ask the nightman about the price, he says £30 a night for one room, so each man scrapes together £10, they then go up to the room and decides who should sleep where. In the morning the owner of the hotel realises they'e been overcharged by £5. Obviously he can't share £5 between 3 people, so he gives them £1 each and saves £2 pound for himself. (Everyone's happy then)
Each man therefore payed £9 (£27 all together)
The hotel owner keeps £2
Altogether thats £29......so where did the other £1 go?
2007-03-07 14:16:26 · 11 answers · asked by Lifeless Energy 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The math is incorrect. If they had been charged $27.00 for the room originally, they would have each given the man $10.00, and each received $1 change, making the math problem 9+9+9=27, and 27+3=30, the $3 being the key. Instead, the way the problem reads, it is turned into 27+2=29, which is where the confusion lies. The problem should be $25 (room rate) + $2 (what the owner kept) = $27, and $27 + $3 (the change the three guys received) = $30.
In other words...
The $2 should be subtracted from the $27, not added to it -- since they were overcharged by $5, the room actually cost $25.
They ended up paying $27, $25 for the room and $2 to the owner. That $27 plus the $3 refund is the original $30
So,
The missing dollar didn't go anywhere...it never existed.
2007-03-07 14:19:39 · answer #1 · answered by terbiyesiz_herif 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I just answered this question asked by someone else. Seriously its getting old
The room cost 25, the owner gave the men 3 back and kept 2
25+3+2=30
2007-03-07 23:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by imachocaholic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your math is wrong. It should be 28 all together, not 27 all together.
30-5=25
25+1+1+1=28
not 27
2007-03-07 22:31:05 · answer #3 · answered by zianneaaliyah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$30..
5 over payed makes $25...
3 dudes get a dollar back.
3+25 = $28..
then manager has $2...
28+2 = $30..
2007-03-07 22:21:25 · answer #4 · answered by AndrU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no other dollar they paid 30 he took 5 from that making it 25...giving them 3 made the new total that they paid 27.
2007-03-07 22:36:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is incorrect because it should be 27 - 2 instead of 27+2.
2007-03-07 22:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the other one had to go toward the hotel if the manager only kept one for himself
2007-03-07 22:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by marcus g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took the other £1 and bought some sweeties.
Do you want one?
2007-03-08 03:16:21 · answer #8 · answered by markhatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm american so I'm gonna put it in terms of dollars not pounds. The bellhop has the dollar, I know this answer. There is no missing dollar. I've heard it before.
2007-03-07 22:20:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
your mother
2007-03-07 22:21:33 · answer #10 · answered by amy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋