What happened to the one dollar?

Question

Three students checken into a hotel and paid the clerk $30 for a room ($10.00 each). When the hotel manager returned, he noticed that the clerk had incorrectly charged $30.00 instead of $25 for the room. The Manager told the clerk to return $5 to the students. The clerk, knowing that the students would not be able to divide $5 envenly, decided to keep $2 and to give them only $3. The students were very happy because they paid only $27 for the room ($9.00 each). However, if they paid $27 and the clerk kept $2 that adds up to $29. What happened to the other Dollar?

Answer 1

I read somewhere that Britney Spears stole it to buy her outfit for the VMA's.

Answer 2

Nothing happened to the dollar. All the money is accounted for. The students don't know that it was $5 instead of $3. They paid $25, the clerk kept $2, the students received $3. 25+2+3=30

Answer 3

The three paid $27 (9 each). That, less the two the clerk kept equals the $25 the hotel got. $30 isn't the number you have to logically reach, just the number you started with. Once they got the dollar back, you're starting with $27 paid and $30 has no relation to anything

Answer 4

The simple answer is this:

The $2 is already *part* of the $27 paid; it does not get added. The equation is $25 (room) + $2 (clerk keeps) = $27 (total paid [$30-$3]).

Answer 5

you can't really answer this because since the original price was $25, the clerk took the $2 dollars which adds up to $27 dollars, where did the $29 come from?

Answer 6

there is no extra dollar-
$30 - $5= 25
-$3
-$2
3+2=5

Answer 7

Wrong computation. They paid $28 not $27 so there was no extra dollar

Answer 8

they didn't pay $27 they paid $28

Answer 9

This one hits Yahoo! Jokes & Riddles a bit too often, really.

Answer 10

You are using two math system.

the room actually cost $8.33, not $9