Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????
three 'friends' in a room..hmmm
Three men in a room=Gay
Two men + one woman=still too gay for me
Two women+one man=Hot
Three women in a room=V.Hot!
Three men in a room=Gay
Two men + one woman=still too gay for me
Two women+one man=Hot
Three women in a room=V.Hot!
Couldnt have said it better myselfbroncobullfrog wrote:
three 'friends' in a room..hmmm
Three men in a room=Gay
Two men + one woman=still too gay for me
Two women+one man=Hot
Three women in a room=V.Hot!
this has been posted before
1. the person who originally made this must have been a stoned magician or something
2. if they were given back "$5". they all together payed $25, add the $3 they were given back =$28, + $2 the retard took = $30
WOW!! that was hard
2. if they were given back "$5". they all together payed $25, add the $3 they were given back =$28, + $2 the retard took = $30
WOW!! that was hard
LOLWTFBBQHAX!Snafu_CrplKruz wrote:
1. the person who originally made this must have been a stoned magician or something
2. if they were given back "$5". they all together payed $25, add the $3 they were given back =$28, + $2 the retard took = $30
WOW!! that was hard
Someone who can do math...
The bellhop is one the three friends.
im in year 9 maths extention
The "extra dollar" is with the clerk. It's hard to explain but I'll try....
At the end of this scenario the clerk has $25, bellboy has $2 and the friends have $3 which is $30. The reason is looks like a dollar has gone missing is because it is worded so that you concentrate on the fact that the friends effectively paid $9 each for their room.
If the clerk made a mistake and overcharged them by $5, it means they should have paid $25. Now, $25 divided by 3 doesn't go (8.33 recurring) which is why this riddle works.
It hard to explain but because the riddle is only using whole numbers it means that 3 lots of 0.3333333333333 are being kept by the clerk.....
At the end of this scenario the clerk has $25, bellboy has $2 and the friends have $3 which is $30. The reason is looks like a dollar has gone missing is because it is worded so that you concentrate on the fact that the friends effectively paid $9 each for their room.
If the clerk made a mistake and overcharged them by $5, it means they should have paid $25. Now, $25 divided by 3 doesn't go (8.33 recurring) which is why this riddle works.
It hard to explain but because the riddle is only using whole numbers it means that 3 lots of 0.3333333333333 are being kept by the clerk.....
exactly=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
It hard to explain but because the riddle is only using whole numbers it means that 3 lots of 0.3333333333333 are being kept by the clerk.....
they paid $25/3 + $3, which is $9.333333 each
$9.33 x3 = $28
Originally Paid $30 - refund $3 - nicked bit $2 = $25. Whoever wrote this adds the nicked bit to the $27 left after the refund, when they should deduct it from the $27 to find out how much was spent ($25). The clerk doesn't have any missing dollar, and it's nothing to do with fractional numbers. Listen to Snafu_CrplKruz.
its everything to do with the fraction of $1... $25 cant be split evenly 3 ways..UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Originally Paid $30 - refund $3 - nicked bit $2 = $25. Whoever wrote this adds the nicked bit to the $27 left after the refund, when they should deduct it from the $27 to find out how much was spent ($25). The clerk doesn't have any missing dollar, and it's nothing to do with fractional numbers. Listen to Snafu_CrplKruz.
go thinkl about it, and read my post above. and fyi, im an accountant...
You've missed the point. They paid $27 on the room, and $2 went missing to the middleman between them and the clerk. Nothing to do with fractional numbers.uber73 wrote:
its everything to do with the fraction of $1... $25 cant be split evenly 3 ways..UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Originally Paid $30 - refund $3 - nicked bit $2 = $25. Whoever wrote this adds the nicked bit to the $27 left after the refund, when they should deduct it from the $27 to find out how much was spent ($25). The clerk doesn't have any missing dollar, and it's nothing to do with fractional numbers. Listen to Snafu_CrplKruz.
go thinkl about it, and read my post above. and fyi, im an accountant...
EDIT: And the clerk was wrong anyway, they could have taken $1.50 each and put 50 cents in the love-o-matic vibrating bed which a dive that cheap is bound to have
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Has everything to do with fractions. Think about it...UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
You've missed the point. They paid $27 on the room, and $2 went missing to the middleman between them and the clerk. Nothing to do with fractional numbers.uber73 wrote:
its everything to do with the fraction of $1... $25 cant be split evenly 3 ways..UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Originally Paid $30 - refund $3 - nicked bit $2 = $25. Whoever wrote this adds the nicked bit to the $27 left after the refund, when they should deduct it from the $27 to find out how much was spent ($25). The clerk doesn't have any missing dollar, and it's nothing to do with fractional numbers. Listen to Snafu_CrplKruz.
go thinkl about it, and read my post above. and fyi, im an accountant...
$28 can't be split evenly either, so what?{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
Has everything to do with fractions. Think about it...UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
You've missed the point. They paid $27 on the room, and $2 went missing to the middleman between them and the clerk. Nothing to do with fractional numbers.uber73 wrote:
its everything to do with the fraction of $1... $25 cant be split evenly 3 ways..
go thinkl about it, and read my post above. and fyi, im an accountant...
someone throw him a life-ring, he is drowning here
Why are you saying I have a hard time with maths? We just said the same thing that there is no missing dollar and the question is at fault. I hope you are talking to Mr. Accountant when you say that.Darth_Fleder wrote:
You have a hard time with math.UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
You've missed the point. They paid $27 on the room, and $2 went missing to the middleman between them and the clerk. Nothing to do with fractional numbers.uber73 wrote:
its everything to do with the fraction of $1... $25 cant be split evenly 3 ways..
go thinkl about it, and read my post above. and fyi, im an accountant...
3*$10=$30 Orginal amount paid
$30-$5=$25 After refund to bellhop
$25+$3=$28 Cost of room plus returned three bucks.
$28+stolen $2=$30 <---- no missing money
FYI, I am an engineer and have taken math past diffEQ and have taught math at the University level. The riddle is based upon misdirection.
$27 paid by customers-stolen $2=$25 with clerk<---- cost of room
Same outcome, different route
I agree with guy above... 3 guys sharing one room = uber-dee-doopity ghey.
2 guys + 1 girl = ghey, they just want a girl in the room to make them look straight
1 guy + 2 girls = big pimpin
3 girls = GGW wild video, w00t
2 guys + 1 girl = ghey, they just want a girl in the room to make them look straight
1 guy + 2 girls = big pimpin
3 girls = GGW wild video, w00t
Mr. Accountant : Quit right now. Seriously. I know old accountants never die, but you have seriously lost your balance.
EDIT: Do you seriously still maintain that the clerk is in possession of the missing dollar, btw?
EDIT: Do you seriously still maintain that the clerk is in possession of the missing dollar, btw?
Last edited by UnOriginalNuttah (2006-06-02 07:40:58)
My bad....that's why I deleted the orginal post.UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Why are you saying I have a hard time with maths? We just said the same thing that there is no missing dollar and the question is at fault. I hope you are talking to Mr. Accountant when you say that.
$27 paid by customers-stolen $2=$25 with clerk<---- cost of room
Same outcome, different route
Engineers FTW! (I'm a Software Engineer, since everyone seems to want to state their credentials with their answers).Darth_Fleder wrote:
My bad....that's why I deleted the orginal post.UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Why are you saying I have a hard time with maths? We just said the same thing that there is no missing dollar and the question is at fault. I hope you are talking to Mr. Accountant when you say that.
$27 paid by customers-stolen $2=$25 with clerk<---- cost of room
Same outcome, different route
no.UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Mr. Accountant : Quit right now. Seriously. I know old accountants never die, but you have seriously lost your balance.
EDIT: Do you seriously still maintain that the clerk is in possession of the missing dollar, btw?
i am not.
Here's a website with the answer for children for Mr. Accountant and his friends.
http://www.naute.com/puzzles/puzzle1.phtml
QUIT YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.naute.com/puzzles/puzzle1.phtml
QUIT YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!!
ORLY?uber73 wrote:
exactly=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
It hard to explain but because the riddle is only using whole numbers it means that 3 lots of 0.3333333333333 are being kept by the clerk.....
they paid $25/3 + $3, which is $9.333333 each
$9.33 x3 = $28
dude, i might have picked up the riddle like everyone else, and u may be right, but u are making an almighty knobend of yourself...
see?
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