The missing dollar
12-13-2005, 10:58 PM
#1
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3 guys stop at a motel, and when they pay the bellboy he charges then $30.00. $10 each.
After they get their room, the manager questions the bellboy.....it should have only been $25.00 for the room....go give them back their $5.
The bellboy has no clue how to split $5 into 3 ways, so he pockets $2 and gives them each back $1.
So...each guy paid $9.......times 3 is $27....the bellboy has $2....that makes $29....
Where did the other $1 go?
After they get their room, the manager questions the bellboy.....it should have only been $25.00 for the room....go give them back their $5.
The bellboy has no clue how to split $5 into 3 ways, so he pockets $2 and gives them each back $1.
So...each guy paid $9.......times 3 is $27....the bellboy has $2....that makes $29....
Where did the other $1 go?
12-13-2005, 11:08 PM
#2
$2 that bellboy kept is already accounted for in the $27 they paid since they were only supposed to pay $25. the $2 that he jooked has to be subtracted from the $27, not added to it since they only have to pay $25
so, they pay $25 which is what the room costs, they get $3 back ($1 each) and the bellboy has the other $2. looks like it all eaquals $30 bux to me. someone's math was wrong
unless this took place in a country like Ukraine or something where money looses value by the second, so in that case that just could have been inflation.
[ December 14, 2005, 12:22 AM: Message edited by: Prolifik ]
so, they pay $25 which is what the room costs, they get $3 back ($1 each) and the bellboy has the other $2. looks like it all eaquals $30 bux to me. someone's math was wrong
unless this took place in a country like Ukraine or something where money looses value by the second, so in that case that just could have been inflation.
[ December 14, 2005, 12:22 AM: Message edited by: Prolifik ]
12-14-2005, 09:37 AM
#9
sorry i did a mistake in my math
if u assume x to be the age difference between the 2 dudes:
24-x = 12+x
24-12 = 2x
x=6
24-6 = 18
last time i forgot to do the 2x.
looks like university education is paying off, i am now able to solve grade 6 math problems like this one.
[ December 14, 2005, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Prolifik ]
if u assume x to be the age difference between the 2 dudes:
24-x = 12+x
24-12 = 2x
x=6
24-6 = 18
last time i forgot to do the 2x.
looks like university education is paying off, i am now able to solve grade 6 math problems like this one.
[ December 14, 2005, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Prolifik ]
