a riddle...

[x Syphie x]

Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????

PM me for answer...!  

[Kohana Ichibana]

My PM's arent working, my comp is being stupid. if he over charged $5 then that would mean the room was only $25. Then 2 girls paid $9 and the other paid $7 making $25, they also all get $1 back so add 25 + 3= $28, plus the $2 the clerk made which all adds up to $30.

o.o;; I like math.  

[Blacula]

Kohana Ichibana

My PM's arent working, my comp is being stupid. if he over charged $5 then that would mean the room was only $25. Then 2 girls paid $9 and the other paid $7 making $25, they also all get $1 back so add 25 + 3= $28, plus the $2 the clerk made which all adds up to $30.

o.o;; I like math.

Good job I had no idea what was going on. biggrin  

[Emerald Sun]

Kohana Ichibana

My PM's arent working, my comp is being stupid. if he over charged $5 then that would mean the room was only $25. Then 2 girls paid $9 and the other paid $7 making $25, they also all get $1 back so add 25 + 3= $28, plus the $2 the clerk made which all adds up to $30.

o.o;; I like math.

I've heard that one before. ^^  

[it_landry]

Kohana Ichibana

My PM's arent working, my comp is being stupid. if he over charged $5 then that would mean the room was only $25. Then 2 girls paid $9 and the other paid $7 making $25, they also all get $1 back so add 25 + 3= $28, plus the $2 the clerk made which all adds up to $30.

o.o;; I like math.

good job, you are a real math wizard.... but you know what.... i want to be a 'Pinball Wizrd'. The Who rock.  

[CnnmnSpider]

it_landry

Kohana Ichibana

My PM's arent working, my comp is being stupid. if he over charged $5 then that would mean the room was only $25. Then 2 girls paid $9 and the other paid $7 making $25, they also all get $1 back so add 25 + 3= $28, plus the $2 the clerk made which all adds up to $30.

o.o;; I like math.

good job, you are a real math wizard.... but you know what.... i want to be a 'Pinball Wizrd'. The Who rock.

Hahaha, I love that song! Unfortunately, I'm bad at most games, and math. sweatdrop I guess I haven't found my wizarding specialty yet...