Where is the $?
3 men go into a motel. The receptionist tells them the room will be $30. Each man pays $10 before going to the room. The clerk then realizes that they were given only a $25 room, and sends the bellhop to the room with $5. The bellhop keeps $2 [as a tip?] and each man gets $1 back, ending up paying only $9 for the room. Three times $9 is $27. With the $2 the bellhop kept, that's only $29. Where's the missing dollar?
I know the solution, but it may be fun if you don't know it...
room is $ 25
Clerk returns $ 5 out of which $ 2 is tip
So each guy pays $9 as room fee + tip
SO its $9 x 3 = $27 + $3 is with em.
I use this one to show how a simple mis-use of basic arithmetic can get one confused...
And as draj said...a real old story..
But it still comes in handy some times...:-)
Math 4 All
ups, sorry.
Qatari, feel free to delete the thread...
1$ is still missing???????
no dollar is missing...
its very clear that the room is 25$ + returned 3$ = 28$
then tip 2$=====30$
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old story...posted earlier...