Puzzle for QL Please answer this
By francis_252000 •
Three friends went to a hotel. The bill was Rs 75/-
Each one contributed Rs.25/-.
The waiter took the bill to the cashier.
The cashier was happy & decided to give them a discount of Rs.5/- & asked the waiter to return them Rs.5/-.
Now the waiter was confused. How to distribute Rs 5 among 3 persons?
He kept Rs 2 in his pocket & gave one rupee to each one of the 3 persons.
So initially each one had contributed Rs.25. Now as they are given 1 rupee back, their contribution reduces to Rs 24.
They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.
The total becomes 74. But they had paid Rs 75.
Where is the remaining 1 rupee?.
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Check your pocket for 1 Rupee.
. If you have solved this please let me know where is that one rupee.
Eat something and try again.
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Equation : 24x3 = 72 & 2 = 74 is wrong ( 72 already includes 2 )Correct equation is 24x3 = 72 + 3= 75There is no 1 riyal missing
remember correctly (from many years ago) there is a name for presenting such conundrums in this misleading way.
Damned if I can remember the name
In simple terms:
1. 70 to Hotel
2. 2 to Waiter
3. (1X3 = 3) back to them.
4. TOTAL = 75
Where is anything lost in the transaction.It is the jugglery of words and nothing to do with maths.
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The problem is the statement"They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.The total becomes 74. But they had paid Rs 75." The above statement is wrong as the 72 includes the 2 rupees of the waiter and again cannot be added.
You were late by only 1 min QS. Maybe our PCs are a little closer to the server!
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"Life is like a bicycle, if it's too easy - you're probably going down :)"
while I got interrupted by my direct dueties... you guys posted the solution.. ok. nevermind.. it's the old trick anyway...LOL..
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The bill was 75 rupee. Then they were given 5 rupees discount, so the bill is actually 70 rupees.
When the waiter gives back 1 rupee to each person, it means everybody paid 24 rupee, which is all together 72 rupees. 70 out of these 72 rupees goes to the cashier, and 2 rupee goes to the waiters...
They didn't pay 75 rupees, they paid only 72 rupees: 70 was a bill and 2 was a tip.
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When you tally the bill backwards, you add the amount paid and the amount returned. So you add bill=72 & change=3 totaling to 75. You don't add waiter's change 2 as it is included in the 72 you mentioned.
In your logic
"They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket."
should read as:
They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 3 rupees was received as change.
"Life is like a bicycle, if it's too easy - you're probably going down :)"
They paid 25 each at first = 75
They got back 1 each
Thei contribution is 24 each = 72
The bill after discount = 70
The tip paid to waiter = 2
Total paid = 72
There is no 1 rupee missing.
I wont steel just 1 rupee.