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Stupid math problems... - Cailean - Jul 30, 2004

Came across this in one of those 'send this to 5 friends and the answer will appear' e-mails... Will someone PLEASE tell where the dollar went!!!

Quote:3 men go into a motel. The desk clerk said the room was $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later, the desk clerk 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 $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 to that the $2 the bellboy kept and the total is $29. Where is the other dollar?


Stupid math problems... - peter - Jul 30, 2004

ok ..
heres how it goes ..

so they each pay 9dollars ..
thats 27 bucks right ?
and the room cost 25...

hence .. 27 - 25 = 2 dollars ... which the bell boy got ..
the number 27 and the 2 is just a distraction to confuse you making you think that it should add up to 30 ..

the dollar didnt go anywhere..
it was never there to begin with ..

or heres another way to put it ...
start with 30 ...
Hotel Takes 25...
Bellboy Takes 2 ...
3 men take 3 ...
25+3+2 is 30 .. so it all adds up ..

Stupid math problems... - adam - Jul 30, 2004

It's in my pocket

Stupid math problems... - Cailean - Jul 30, 2004

excellent peter, thank you. Can you tell I didn't do very well in math in school?

Stupid math problems... - peter - Jul 30, 2004

bak in year 10 ...
ever since i go tthe internet back then .. .
my skillz have been declining ..
im turnininto a mindless zombie ..

nah .. im not that great at maths ..
i can get by in it though ..

Stupid math problems... - adam - Jul 30, 2004

And his English typing skills have also degenerated.

Stupid math problems... - peter - Jul 30, 2004

hahaha..
i was never good at english ...
well ..
back in year 2 i was wicked at spelling ..
its gone downhill since then ...

Stupid math problems... - adam - Jul 30, 2004

LOL! downhill from year 2... mmmm! *wonders how bad that is*

I almost failed English Lit in highschool.
Imagine if I did... No uni Sad

Stupid math problems... - shuttertalk - Aug 1, 2004

peter Wrote:back in year 2 i was wicked at spelling ..
its gone downhill since then ...

Haha, you're a joker peter... maybe you're just typing too quickly... or maybe you accidentally hit a few keys at once...

Stupid math problems... - peter - Aug 1, 2004

of course im joking ..
i cant be that bad...
i just rush my typing too much ...
im not a touch typer ..
so im more prone to errors when im typing on the fly ...

Stupid math problems... - shuttertalk - Aug 1, 2004

Hehe we had typing lessons in high school... like on actual typewriters. Big Grin Since then, I've been a touch typist Smile

Stupid math problems... - peter - Aug 1, 2004

i used to cheat when they tried to get us to touch type ..
muhahuahua
i can only half touch type..

Stupid math problems... - Cailean - Aug 2, 2004

shuttertalk Wrote:Hehe we had typing lessons in high school... like on actual typewriters.

My grade nine class in high-school was the last one to take typing on actual typewriters... fffjjj fffjjj AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Stupid math problems... - shuttertalk - Aug 3, 2004

hey you're bringing back memories!