3 people go to a hotel and each paid $10 for the rent. The landlord decided to give back $5 and tells his son to give the $5 back. But the son steals $2 and returned $3 ($1 each) to the 3 people. So each person paid $9*3=$27...and the son stole $2, making $27+$2=$29, but they paid $30 in the beginning. What happened?
2007-06-03 18:00:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
There is no extra dollar, the calculation just doesn't make any sense. Each man paid $9 each or $27 total for the room. The hotel kept $25 and the son stole $2.
2007-06-03 18:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by PerFecT StrAngEr.. is back 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a fallacy in the final derivation! It is 10*3=30, minus 2, kept by the son, therefore 27, now divided among the three, so, 9 each! or, the three pay 9 each, get back 1 each, so, 9+1=10, each: 10*3=30! An interesting riddle!
2007-06-03 18:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There isn't really a riddle...
30-5=25
5-2=3
25+3=28
28+2=30
2007-06-03 18:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two dollars is already added in the 27.00. The son stole 2.00 out of the 27.00 not out of thirty.
2007-06-03 18:27:36 · answer #4 · answered by Dutch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they payed tax
2007-06-03 18:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by ratmaster199105 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋