Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30. The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged. She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three men one dollar. The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the other dollar?
2007-11-29 12:41:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
You are taking two different scenarios and putting parts of them together to make an erroneous assumption.
They paid $30 for a $25 room. By only giving them back three dollars, the cost of the room became $27 instead of the $25 it was supposed to be. This is where the bellhop gets the $2 "tip" (27 - 25 = 2). You don't subtract $3 from the $30 they paid to figure out how much they each paid, you add $2 to the $25. If they had actually gotten back the $5 then they would have each paid $8 1/3 dollars for the $25 room (25/8 = 8 1/3). Making the cost of the room $27 instead of the $25 it was supposed to cost them simply increases the loss to each of them by 2/3 of a dollar.
In other words, the bellhop wasn't refunding them any money, he was taking money from them. $2 to be exact. You can't look at the problem as being one of them getting a refund, which is where the flaw comes about.
2007-11-29 13:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What other dollar?
$30 for hotel room
$5 returned
GUESTS RECEIVED $3...bellhop kept $2......3+2=5
( all money is accounted for )
2007-11-29 12:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by GUARD DOG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't add the $2. You subtract it getting $25 which is $30-$5.
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2007-11-29 12:45:48 · answer #3 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's all in the addition
the bell hop's money is dollars 26 and 27
the three men's dollars are 28-29-30
they paid $25 for the room
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2007-11-29 12:47:48 · answer #4 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well its not a riddle...its just wrong...
30 - 5 is 25...25 + 3 isnt 27..its 28..
nothing went nowhere =/
2007-11-29 12:48:31 · answer #5 · answered by Chongo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30
-5
=25
bellhop kept two and gave three back...
28
28/3 = 9.33333
there was no other dollar...
2007-11-29 12:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, the real cost of the room was $25.00
2007-11-29 12:47:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um idk you tell me
2007-11-29 12:48:59 · answer #8 · answered by samantha renee' 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋