missing dollar riddle......
By anbfriend63
@anbfriend63 (307)
India
October 29, 2009 11:57pm CST
hi friends, here is a really tough riddle of the missing dollar.
TRY TO SOLVE IT::
Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The
hotel manager gave them a price of $30.
The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went
to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that
it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a
speciaL offer: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged
them $5!
He called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and
told him to return it to the men.
When the bellboy explained the situation to the men,
they were so pleased at the honesty of the
establisment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of
the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.
So each of the three men ended up paing $9 (their
original $10, minus $1 back) totalling $27, plus $2 for
the bellboy makes $29.
WHERE DID THE EXTRA DOLLAR GO???
2 responses
@strikezero86 (246)
• Canada
30 Oct 09
The math is done in the wrong order so that it comes to being a dollar short. The room is $25 dollars, with a refund of $3, and a tip of $2, making it, 25 + 3 + 2 = 30. While they did end up paying $9 each for the room, this information is there to throw people off.
