Explain what has happened to the other dollar. (brain teaser)?!
Question: Explain what has happened to the other dollar!. (brain teaser)!?
3 men go into a hotel!. The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room!.
A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25 so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys’ room with $5!.
On the way, the bellboy couldn’t figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a $1 and kept the other $2 for himself!.
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!.
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A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25 so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys’ room with $5!.
On the way, the bellboy couldn’t figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a $1 and kept the other $2 for himself!.
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!.
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Answers:
3 x $9 does equal $27, but the $2 tip is included in that $27, so it makes no sense to add the $2 to $27 to make $29!.
They paid $25 for the hotel room, $2 for the tip ($27), and then got $1 back each to make the original $30!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
They paid $25 for the hotel room, $2 for the tip ($27), and then got $1 back each to make the original $30!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Each man was SUPPOSED to have paid $8!.33 for the room, but instead paid $10!.00 each!.
If the bellboy only took two dollars and each man wound up paying $9!.00/each, then each man STILL overpaid by 33 cents!.
Each man SHOULD have received $1!.66 cents, but instead only received $1!.00!.
So, the hotel is now is possession of $25!.00, each man is now in possession of $1!.00 that they didn't have a minute ago and the bellboy has the other $2!.00!.
When viewed in terms of what everybody HAS as opposed to what they should or should not have paid, the math now works!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
If the bellboy only took two dollars and each man wound up paying $9!.00/each, then each man STILL overpaid by 33 cents!.
Each man SHOULD have received $1!.66 cents, but instead only received $1!.00!.
So, the hotel is now is possession of $25!.00, each man is now in possession of $1!.00 that they didn't have a minute ago and the bellboy has the other $2!.00!.
When viewed in terms of what everybody HAS as opposed to what they should or should not have paid, the math now works!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
This appears frequently in this section!.
3 x $9 = $27, but the $2 tip is included in that $27!.
They paid $25 for the hotel room, $2 for the tip ($27), and then got $1 back each to make the original $30!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
3 x $9 = $27, but the $2 tip is included in that $27!.
They paid $25 for the hotel room, $2 for the tip ($27), and then got $1 back each to make the original $30!.Www@Enter-QA@Com