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Question:
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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?
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Answers:
there is no missing dollar. the $2 kept by the bellhop should be subtracted from the $27 spent by the men to get the $25 spent on the room. In other words, the total amount spent by the men ($27) should equal the amount for the room ($25) + the amount the bellhop kept ($2).
The $30 originally spent is made of the $2 the bellhop kept plus the $3 returned to the men. The riddle wants you to think it's logical that 30-3+2 would equal 30, rather than 29.