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Where's the other Dollar?
Three people check into a hotel. The hotel rate is $30. Each person pays 10. The three people go to the room. The hotel manager realizes the rate was only $25. He gives the bellboy 5 singles to take back to the people in the room. The bell boy gets a two dollar tip after taking the money back. Each person has now invested 9 dollars each into the room, 9x3=27. the bell boy has two, 27+2=29 where's the other dollar?
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.
- John MLv 71 decade ago
Each person owes 8 1/3 dollars, but paid 9. 2/3 dollars were contributed by each person toward the tip. 3 times 2/3 of a dollar is exactly $2
