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[TiCam]

3 men go into a motel. 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...

Where is the other dollar?

[Lei Lei]

Either way the room cost $25

The bell boy gave them $3

Which means the room cost $28

And the bell boy kept $2

Which means there is a count for $30

[TiCam]

Anyone else?

Ambrosia what do you say?

[Ambrosia]

I say tax.

[dufreined]

Originally Posted by TiCam

3 men go into a motel. 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...

Where is the other dollar?

To resolve this problem, we have to pay attention to the instructions.

Let's see if there is a dollar missing.

Let's think of the problem this way:

At the end of the day, each guest has put in $9 towards the cost of the room: 3 x $9 = $27.

The bellboy has kept $2 from what the guests spent for their room: $27 - $2 = $25.

The management has collected $25.

There is no other dollar.

Or we can also take it from the other direction:

The motel has $30 and gives $5 of that to the bellboy to return to the guests: $30 - $5 = $25.

The bellboy, not knowing how to split $5 equally decides to keep $2 for himself: $5 - $2 = $3.

The men each end up with $1 each. Total it up: 3 x $1 + $2 + $25 = $30.

There is no other dollar.

[TiCam]

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[Lei Lei]

Let's see if there is a dollar missing.

Let's think of the problem this way:

At the end of the day, each guest has put in $9 towards the cost of the room: 3 x $9 = $27.

Guys Paid = $30

True Room Cost = $25

Bell hop suppose to return = $5

Balance would = $0 if bell hop returned whole $5

Bell hop returned $3

Bell hop kept $2

Still leaving a total of $5 management left for change to be returned

Still leaving, that has far as the motel management is considered,

Customers paid $25

Bell hop returned $3

Bell hop kept $2

Total monies in question = $30

The bellboy has kept $2 from what the guests spent for their room: $27 - $2 = $25.

I disagree. The bellboy has kept $2 from what the guests orginially spent for their room. The guest orginally spent $30. That is why the bellboy was going to return the change

You can not take $2 out of the $27.

Or we can also take it from the other direction:

The motel has $30 and gives $5 of that to the bellboy to return to the guests: $30 - $5 = $25.

The bellboy, not knowing how to split $5 equally decides to keep $2 for himself: $5 - $2 = $3.

The men each end up with $1 each. Total it up: 3 x $1 + $2 + $25 = $30.

I agree with this.

[TiCam]

The men each end up with $1 each. Total it up: 3 x $1 + $2 + $25 = $30.

I agree with this.Yesterday 09:27 PM

The question is where is the dollar?

[Lei Lei]

There was no dollar missing. All the money was accounted for.

[haitiwebs]

Originally Posted by TiCam

Haitiwebs please make the necessary arrangement.

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