I am sending the following problem to all the mathematically minded
boffins...please solve it for me, as i am stumped, there is a trick to
it but I cannot see it..maybe you can.
N'joy this mind twister.
This will Mess With Your Head.
3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS
$300,
SO EACH MAN PAID $100 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY
$250,
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $50.
ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $50 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $10 BILL AND KEPT THE OTHER
$20
FOR HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $90 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A
TOTAL
OF $270,
ADD THE $20 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $290.
WHERE ARE THE OTHER 10 DOLLARS?
andrew naeem
2007-03-18 06:26:57 · 9 answers · asked by dodo 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
srry all r wrong 90+90+90=270+20=290
where is the 10$
2007-03-18 06:36:43 · update #1
250/3=83.3+10=93.3x3=279.9 rounded+20=300
Easy, got a better one?
You said thee room was 250 not 270
2007-03-18 08:08:32 · answer #1 · answered by Maya24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Question has baffled me for years. Each man should have paid 83.3333...each To make it 250 so wouldn't each man have lost 6.66 x 3 = 19.98 witch is the 20 dollars the bell boy took. Oh hell I'm just talking out my a--. If you find out were the other 10 dollars went start hitting hotels, or become a bell boy sounds like you could make $20 so forget were the $10 is.
2007-03-18 06:50:29 · answer #2 · answered by mick m 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was just lost in translation...lol...they added a twist by letting you assume that each of the 3 men paid $90 dollars each when infact, that is not the case.
2007-03-18 06:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by woman in the well 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the $250 is not equal to three $80 which you make out to be the payment of each guy after the discount. It's all about your subtraction and division.
2007-03-18 06:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by lian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's really all in how you look at it...
Room $250.00 + 30.00 Given back + 20.00 Bellboy kept = $300.00
2007-03-18 06:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by Atheism itself is your best shot at heaven !! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the bellboy has it. my tutor told me this
2007-03-18 06:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley Tisdale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone told me this, but I can't remember!!!! It's so frustrating!!
2007-03-18 06:41:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a DAMN GOOD QUESTION!
2007-03-18 06:35:11 · answer #8 · answered by Andrew B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 3 men who came to the motel duh
2007-03-18 06:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋