Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

hi5
Lv 4
hi5 asked in Entertainment & MusicJokes & Riddles · 1 decade ago

This will Mess With Your Head.?

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.

6 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Actually you do add the $2 to make the total amount the 3 men paid originally. The trick happens where the 3 men would of payed $8.33' each, not just $8 (as $8.33 x 3 = $25 (rounding to nearest dollar) which is what the room is worth). So if each man recieves $1 back, they each payed $9.33', so by rounding to the dollar, the total the men paid is $9.33 x 3 = $28. Plus the $2 the bellboy has makes $30, which they originally paid.

    So sorry Jawna, but you're not as smart as you think. You either Anthony K.

  • 1 decade ago

    you subtract the 2 bucks the bellboy kept not add the 2. making the total 25 which is what the hotel was worth. you have already subtracted the three they got back so subtracting the three then adding the two wont make any sense. Im so smart

  • 1 decade ago

    Cos you need to consider the whole pound (so hard to explain). The first pound gets counted from 0 - 1.00. When counting each pound, most people tend to count from 1 - in turn ignoring the pound it takes get to one from zero......

    I hope that makes sense, I know what I mean but it's soooo hard to explain lol

  • 1 decade ago

    some users hav alredy answerd... but i knw d answer 2 :D

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • 1 decade ago

    i agree with jawna. and i already knew it before too. i am also smart.

  • 1 decade ago

    facts are wrong boss try again

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.