Please help - this puzzle is driving me crazy!?!
Question: Please help - this puzzle is driving me crazy!!?
Right!.!.!.!.answer this:
Three men go into a hotel and book a room at ￡30!. After a while, the owner realises that he has over-charged the three men by ￡5, so he went to give it back to them!. On the way to their room, he realises that he can't equaly split the ￡5 between three men, so he keeps ￡2 for himself and them gives each of the men ￡1!. So now this means that each man has only paid ￡9 instead of ￡10, meaning the total is ￡27 for the room!. Now add the ￡2 that the owner kept fot himself, and you get ￡29 - WHERE HAS THE OTHER ￡1 GONE!?!
I've asked so many people, and nobody seems to be able to work it out!!!! Please help!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Three men go into a hotel and book a room at ￡30!. After a while, the owner realises that he has over-charged the three men by ￡5, so he went to give it back to them!. On the way to their room, he realises that he can't equaly split the ￡5 between three men, so he keeps ￡2 for himself and them gives each of the men ￡1!. So now this means that each man has only paid ￡9 instead of ￡10, meaning the total is ￡27 for the room!. Now add the ￡2 that the owner kept fot himself, and you get ￡29 - WHERE HAS THE OTHER ￡1 GONE!?!
I've asked so many people, and nobody seems to be able to work it out!!!! Please help!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
we see this one quite a bit!.
the answer is that they didnt really get charged 9 each!. the room they paid for was actually 25, not 30!. the price was adjusted, remember!? so they actually paid 25/3, which is like 8!.33!. if they all got a dollar back, thats 9!.33 each, which together adds up to 27!.99!. round that to 28!. plus the 2 that the owner kept makes 30!.
easy, right!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
the answer is that they didnt really get charged 9 each!. the room they paid for was actually 25, not 30!. the price was adjusted, remember!? so they actually paid 25/3, which is like 8!.33!. if they all got a dollar back, thats 9!.33 each, which together adds up to 27!.99!. round that to 28!. plus the 2 that the owner kept makes 30!.
easy, right!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
There is no missing money!. The way the question is put involves a clever miscalculation!.
Everyone agrees there was 30 ps to start with, so let's find the original 30 ps:
25 ps is in the till
The men have 3 ps
The owner has 2 ps
25 + 3 + 2 = 30
The question picks up after the men are returned 3 ps!. So, why do we need to find 30 ps any longer!? If the men have have paid out 9 ps each we only need to find 27 ps not 30 ps!. The 27 ps is distributed as follows:
25 ps is in the till
The owner has 2 ps
25 + 2 = 27
The miscalculation trick is to add the 2 ps the owner has to the 27 ps!. But, as you can see above, we have already accounted for the 2 ps the owner has because it is part of the 27 ps!. You have double counted the 2 ps the owner has in error when you add it to the 27 ps!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Everyone agrees there was 30 ps to start with, so let's find the original 30 ps:
25 ps is in the till
The men have 3 ps
The owner has 2 ps
25 + 3 + 2 = 30
The question picks up after the men are returned 3 ps!. So, why do we need to find 30 ps any longer!? If the men have have paid out 9 ps each we only need to find 27 ps not 30 ps!. The 27 ps is distributed as follows:
25 ps is in the till
The owner has 2 ps
25 + 2 = 27
The miscalculation trick is to add the 2 ps the owner has to the 27 ps!. But, as you can see above, we have already accounted for the 2 ps the owner has because it is part of the 27 ps!. You have double counted the 2 ps the owner has in error when you add it to the 27 ps!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I've heard this loads of times
The puzzle's maths is totally mad - and completely wrong - it's just meant to fool you
Each of then pay ￡9 - total ￡27
Now the owner keeps ￡2 - so ￡25 is left
The ￡25 pays for the room
(you need to subtract the ￡2, not add it)
Or another way of looking at it:
Each of them pay ￡10 - total ￡30
Owner keeps ￡2 - ￡28 is left
￡3 change - so ￡25 is now left
The ￡25 pays for the roomWww@Enter-QA@Com
The puzzle's maths is totally mad - and completely wrong - it's just meant to fool you
Each of then pay ￡9 - total ￡27
Now the owner keeps ￡2 - so ￡25 is left
The ￡25 pays for the room
(you need to subtract the ￡2, not add it)
Or another way of looking at it:
Each of them pay ￡10 - total ￡30
Owner keeps ￡2 - ￡28 is left
￡3 change - so ￡25 is now left
The ￡25 pays for the roomWww@Enter-QA@Com
is just the wording of it thats the puzzel but if u look at it this way the 3 men gives the owner ￡10 each now that means the owner has ￡30 when he goes to give back ￡5 it means the owner now has ￡25 he keeps ￡2 that now makes ￡27 and each of the lads get a ￡1 back that makes your ￡30 again hope that helps you to be able to explain itWww@Enter-QA@Com
Have you looked at the depreciation of the pound recently and your asking where the ￡1 has gone!. Ask that maniac Brown and his pet Darling not us!. ( Been dying to get that off my chest!.!.!.thanks for the opportunity)!.
If you want the old fashioned answer several guys above are right for the neth time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
If you want the old fashioned answer several guys above are right for the neth time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
There is no answer to this except the fact that it is the way it is worded!.
￡25 paid for the room
￡3 returned to the men
￡2 owner keeps!.
Total money ￡30!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
￡25 paid for the room
￡3 returned to the men
￡2 owner keeps!.
Total money ￡30!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
25 divided by 3 = 8!.33333333333333333
plus the one pound returned = 9!.3333333333333333333
multiply by the three men = 28
plus the 2 quid in the landlords pocket = 30
there's yer 30 nikkaWww@Enter-QA@Com
plus the one pound returned = 9!.3333333333333333333
multiply by the three men = 28
plus the 2 quid in the landlords pocket = 30
there's yer 30 nikkaWww@Enter-QA@Com
25 divided by 3 is $8!.33!. Add a 1 and that's 9!.33!. 9!.33 x 3 is basically 30!.
What Obamasux said!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
What Obamasux said!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I know the answer to this question!.!.!.
25 for the room
3 returned to the men and
2 the owner kept!.
Simple right!?!Www@Enter-QA@Com
25 for the room
3 returned to the men and
2 the owner kept!.
Simple right!?!Www@Enter-QA@Com
nooo!.!. you looking at it wrong each man paid 9 pound = ￡27 - ￡2 for the man and you get ￡25!.!. which is the five pound less, you dont add!. :)Www@Enter-QA@Com
Maybe its a puzzle that doesnt make sense and is meant to puzzle everyone forever!!!!!!!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Basically i don't know >!.<Www@Enter-QA@Com
This riddle has no answer!. Really!. Heard of it before!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
If he gives them 3 back, he has only 27!. That's with the extra 2 he kept!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I think he better keeps the money because it is not worthy to return 5 pounds back!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It didn't go anywhere!.!.!.!.!.!.3x9=27 which is what the men paid for the 25$ room AND 2$ tip!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
In the owners pocketWww@Enter-QA@Com
for the tipWww@Enter-QA@Com