Can you solve this?
Three men rent a hotel room. Each pays $10 for a total of $30 spent on the room. The next day the hotel owner tells the three men that they over paid for the room as it only costs $25. The three men tell the owner to give them each a dollar back and he can keep two dollars.
If you do the math, each man paid $9 a piece for the room for a total of $27. The owner kept $2 which brings the total to $29.
The question is where did the other dollar go?
2007-10-15 18:43:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2007-10-16 09:30:19 · update #1
Sorry, I should have included this drawing with the post!
I hope this makes more since. I know that 3 + 2 = 5! :)
30 - 5 = 25
Hehe. Anyways, I hope this helps!
2007-10-16 09:32:04 · update #2
You SUBTRACT the $2 from the $27, not add. That gives you $25, which is the adjusted price of the room.
2007-10-15 19:01:30 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The men had to split the last dollar, or they gave it to the owner. Or they paid $25 and each took a dollar back 25+3=28=2=30.
2007-10-16 01:51:57 · answer #2 · answered by I am women 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is NO DOLLAR MISSING. They paid 27--9 each for the room which INCLUDES the owner's extra 2. MISDIRECTION puzzle, and if you THINK IT THROUGH LOGICALLY, it adds up. Or take it from the other side--they paid 30, got 5 back, now they paid 25, and of the five back each took one and gave the owner 2, so again 27 is what they paid.
2007-10-16 01:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if the owner gave back 3 dollars, he only has 27 dollars remaining. the cost of the hotel actually was 25. the difference of 2 dollars which the men told the owner to keep.
2007-10-16 02:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by wertyu_24 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The $2 the owner kept was the difference between $27 and $25, so it is accounted for.
2007-10-16 12:40:07 · answer #5 · answered by wildeyedredhead 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no missing dollar, add the numbers together and you can easily find the answer.
30-25 for the room and -5 for the money the owner gave back. done
2007-10-16 01:48:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
10 +10 +10= 30
30-25= 5
1+1+1+2= 5.....All the money is accounted for....
2007-10-16 01:47:59 · answer #7 · answered by tuya02 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Reverse and start at the other end. The dollar didn't go anywhere. It is a mathmatical illusion. When you change certain numbers and add different ways, things can seem to not add up. do it backwards and see what you notice.
2007-10-16 01:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what's not logical is the addition $2 to $27..! you should've subtracted it to make $25..! the amount they paid the hotel..! =]
2007-10-16 01:50:29 · answer #9 · answered by wheeeeeeee..! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
im guessing in the owner's pocket?
2007-10-16 01:46:44 · answer #10 · answered by GR33N(: 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋