Can you solve this riddle?!


Question:

Can you solve this riddle?

Three men buy a hotel room for 30 dollars. They split the room evenly, each paying 10 dollars. The man at the desk soon realizes he has over charged these men for the room; the room is only 25 dollars. He sends the bell man up with five dollars. The bell man, unsure of how to split the money evenly, gives each person a dollar and keeps two for him self. Now, each person in the room has paid 9 dollars for the room because they were each given a dollar. However 9x3 is only 27, plus the two dollars the bell man has makes 29. But wait...? Wasn't the room 30 dollars....? WHERE DID THE OTHER DOLLAR GO?


Answers:

That doesn't make sense.
In essence, you're just breaking down 30 - 3 - 2 = 25.
To get 27 you SUBTRACT 3 from 30. But then to make up for the last two dollars you ADD to 27?
The correct way to make up for the last two dollars would to be follow pattern and subtract again.
Remember that the equation is not 30 - 3 + 2 = 25.
So:
(30 - 3) - 2 = 25
(27) - 2 = 25.


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