3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS $30, SO
EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25,
SO
HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.
ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1 AND KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
OF
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.
WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?
2007-05-31 10:49:28 · 12 answers · asked by Dan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
They paid 25, got 3 back, and the bellboy had 2. 25+3+2=30 There are all the dollars
2007-05-31 10:55:23 · answer #1 · answered by colts4life 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually it's really confusing man but i've come up with this..
30-5 from Manager 25, and now Manager has 25 dollars and the Bellboy has 5 dollars..and he gave the men 1 dollar each..it means 5-3 so the Bellboy has 2 dollars now..and the men got 1 dollar each which means they only pay 9$ each and 9*3=27 and the Bellboy has 2 dollars yes it seems one dollar is missing
$5-3+9*7=29 but if you think like this manager took $5 out of 30 so it means manager has $25 so it's just like 25/3=8.33
and the bellboy gave $1 each men so 1+8.33=9.33 and 9:33*3=9.99 which is $10 for each man..WOW this is amazing man..u know what i'll find the way or a reason to solve this..i don't care how long does it take to understand this Problem..thanks man..
2007-05-31 11:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by randy orton 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The $27 that the men paid already includes the two dollars kept by the bellboy. The men each paid $9 and each got back $1, giving a total of $30. There's no missing dollar.
$30... that's a cheap motel
2007-05-31 11:01:50 · answer #3 · answered by hawkeye3772 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the men paid, 27, and what the hotel has (25, manager, 2, bellboy) are equal, nothing missing.
The original 30 is redistributed as 25, manager, 2, bellboy, 3 back to the men, again nothing missing.
The mistake is to add what was paid and what someone had, as if adding positive and negative numbers and ignoring the signs.
2007-05-31 11:02:36 · answer #4 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it really seems like theres a missing dollar cause 3x9=27 but it does work out 30-5=25+3=28 then 2 to the bellboy thats 30! really weird though
2007-05-31 11:04:49 · answer #5 · answered by misty t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that u might have a mistake in your question. if there was $5 to be sent back and the bellboy took $2 then each man paid about $9.33 for their room so there was no missing money
2007-05-31 11:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Butterfly In The Sky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.
If he gave 3 back wouldn't that be 28?
2007-05-31 11:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by m d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the men paid 25 usd's for the room had 1 usd each returned and the theiving bell boy stole 2 usd's. 25+3+2 is 30 usd's if you want to break 25 usd's down into 3 use a calculator.
2007-05-31 11:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by andyjh_uk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
significant figures are indexed extra in terms of places previous the decimal ran interior the selection that occupies the gap. thus, the 0 interior the 1st place previous the decimal is significant. This 0 DOES count selection (merely like1,a hundred and one human beings is a selection to 4 significant figures) So: 7.10
2016-11-03 05:56:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry... but you are wrong in your addition. $25 dollars plus one dollar for three men equals $28 dollars.
2007-05-31 10:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by Kimmy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋