3 men rent a hotel room for 30 dollars.they split it 3 ways and pay 10 dollars each.the hotel clerk latter decides to give them a millatary discont of 5 dollars he gives the 5 dollars to the bell hop and tells him to give it back to the men.the bell hop says he can't split 5 dollars 3 ways so he gives them each 1 dollar back each and keeps 2 dollars for himself.now the men have only paid 9 dollars each for the room.9x3 is 27 dollars and two dollars for the bell hop is a total of 29 dollars .what happened to the last dollar?

It went in the ice machine

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Originally Posted by tickle

it went in the ice machine

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If you don't know the answer please don't respond

You can't do the math that way.

It is false to say each man paid 9, or 27 "each for the room". They did NOT pay 9 each for the room. They paid for the room AND the bell hop "bonus".

Initially, each man paid 10 each, for 30 total to the hotel. 30 from the men, 30 in the hotel pockets.

Then the hotel took five dollars out. This means 25 was paid to the hotel, not 27.

Each man was refunded a dollar, and the other two went to the bell hop.

Essentially, the men shouldve paid 8.33 each to the hotel...

Instead they paid 8.33 to the hotel (and not 9) for a total of 25 dollars, and the other 0.66 ea to the bellhop...

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Originally Posted by meme7510

if you dont know the answer please dont respond

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When you are new to a public forum, its really best to be patient and not chastise long standing members... she might not have answered your? but it bumped it to the top of the new posts list.

So... if its not clear...

8.33+8.33+8.33 by the men was spent on the room and given to the hotel... 25 dollars.

0.67+0.67+0.67 was given to the bellhop... 2 dollars.

The remaining 3 dollars? In the mens pockets.

This is how the 9 dollars each was spent. 27 out of pocket... 27 in someone else's pockets.

The remaining 3 dollars should be treated like they never left.

To say 9 each was spent on the room is the false statement. 9 was spent by each man, but not on the room alone.

correct KP, evidently I can't rate u atm. The key is that 9 was spent by each but not just on the hotel, the way you state the answer you basically leave a portion of the equation out/misstate it. They are paying 25 for the hotel so its divided by 3. that is the key point.

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Originally Posted by darkvision

correct KP, evidently i can't rate u atm. the key is that 9 was spent by each but not just on the hotel, the way you state the answer you basically leave a portion of the equation out/misstate it. they are paying 25 for the hotel so its devided by 3. that is the key point.

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So
"8.33+8.33+8.33 by the men was spent on the room and given to the hotel... 25 dollars"

And

"9 was spent by each man, but not on the room alone." differs from your answer how??

All you did was restate what I said without trying to explain.

No big deal. Its just a silly puzzle. But why state I left out anything when, if anything, I said all you said and more...

No was saying the OP's question is inaccurate/leaves out stuff. I wouldn't have said anything really if I could have just rated you. But the system wouldn't let me, hence the post. Sorry for the confusion.

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Originally Posted by darkvision

sorry for the confusion.

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I'm irish. A guy. Just out of 'cohol. Confusion comes with the territory.

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Originally Posted by kp2171

im irish. a guy. just out of 'cohol. confusion comes with the territory.

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Lol, in the future all you have to say is you suffer from ADOH and I will understand. ADOH stands for Attention Defficet oooooo shiny

The "hook" is the suggestive notion that causes the reader to try to change directions in the middle of the equation. $30.00, minus $3.00 ($1.00 to each man) = $27.00. From there, you continue the equation in the same direction ($2.00 to the bellhop = $25.00). Still, a clever riddle.

While you all sound very clever, I think the bellhop dropped on the floor. Lol

I think the easter bunny took it, he's a wily one!

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What career description is to transform and heal the culture by exploring and naming the darkness, uncovering what is hidden, and helping others to identify what truly matters?

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