Who can solve this riddle?!
Question:
Who can solve this riddle?
Three men went to stay at a hotel. They went to the front desk to check in. The man at the front desk said their total is $30.00. They each paid ten and went up to their room. A few minutes later, the man at the front desk said to the bell boy, "I charged those men to much, they were only supposed to pay $25.00! Here is five dollars, go give it back to them!". So the bell boy took the five dollars and headed up to their room. On his way up, he thought, "How do I split five dollars into three?" So he decided to give them each one dollar and keep two for himself. That means each man only paid nine dollars, and nine times three is 27 dollars, pluss the two the bell boy kept for him self equals 29, where is the missing dollar?
Answers:
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.
It's this wording that throws you off. It says 9x3=27 then "ADD" $2 for $29. You wouldn't add the 2 you would subtract it. The men paid $27 for a $25 room, so $2 left over in the bellboys pocket.
Also, here's a link. Question has been asked here before. All of these answers say the same thing I do.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...