Three businessmen are on a trip and share a hotel room for the
evening. The bill comes to 30 dollars (it's a cheap hotel) so each
businessman pays his even share - 10 dollars. They head up to their
room and the cashier realizes he's made a mistake. He forgot that
there's a special rate for the evening and that he should have only
charged the businessmen 25 dollars (it's a REALLY cheap hotel). The
cashier then instructs the bellboy to run up to the room and refund the
5 dollars to the businessmen. With his incredible insight, the bellboy
realizes that the businessmen cannot easily split the 5 dollars between
the 3 of them. So instead he pockets 2 dollars and returns 3 dollars to
the businessmen. The 3 dollars is returned and each businessman gets a
dollar back. At this point each businessman has payed 9 dollars out of his
own pocket, making a grand total of 27 dollars paid for the room.
Combine that with the 2 dollars that the bellboy kept yields 29 dollars.
So, where's the missing dollar?
2007-06-21 20:03:51 · 8 answers · asked by Bud S 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The government has it.
2007-06-21 21:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There is no missing Dollar. They paid $30. The refund was $5 of which the bell boy kept $2. and returned $3.
So the maths goes $30paid - $5 refund + $2 kept by bellboy = $27 or $9 each.
Or $25 for the room, plus $2 for the bellboy equals $27 or $9 for each man.
2007-06-22 03:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They each paid $9 out of their pocket>$9x3=$27 (not knowing that $2went to the bellboy, which doesn't make a difference) plus the $3.00 they got back>$27+$3=$30, which is the total they started with. So there is no missing dollar!
2007-06-22 03:24:02 · answer #3 · answered by ♥bigmamma♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ugh stop posting this same riddle everyone should no it by now. there is no missing dollar just wrong calculations:
1 man pays 10
2 man pays 10= 30-5=25 then Bellboy 2 gives back 3
3 man pays 10 2+3=5, 5+25=30
2007-06-22 03:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by secretrainbow89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The grand total paid for the room is $27 like you said, but the bellboys $2 is included in that. To get back to the $30 like you are trying to just add the $3 on that was given back to the men.
2007-06-22 03:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by pinkcat 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The faulty reasoning lies in the addition at the end. 3 x $9 does equal $27, but the $2 tip is included in that $27, so it makes no sense to add the $2 to $27 to make $29. They paid $25 for the hotel room, $2 for the tip ($27), and then got $1 back each to make the original $30.
Believe me, this question has been around a loooong time!
If you want, I'll give you a site with the answer!
http://www.hive-mind.com/mindgames/hotel/
2007-06-22 03:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the grand total is $28
2007-06-22 03:10:16 · answer #7 · answered by leilanisaj 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
who cares somebody is a dollar richer and wahoooo 2 them... sorry no offence intended i just couldnt work it out
2007-06-22 03:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by jo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋