Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Where did the Money Go?!

Three men went on a business trip and booked a hotel room to stay for the night.
After paying $30 for the room, they proceeded upstairs to rest. Thereafter, the hotel headquarters called and ordered the rates to be adjusted to $25. The hotel manager then gave the bellhop $5 and asked him to return the money to the guests.
The bellhop thought that since $5 couldn’t be divided among three persons, he decided to keep $2 for himself and split the remaining $3 among the three guests. In end effect, the three men paid $27 for the room and the bellhop kept $2 for himself. This totals up to only $29, where is the missing $1?!

1 Comments:

Blogger Jovan Ong said...

The bellhop's $2 is accounted for in the $27 that the 3 guys paid for. $27 plus the $3 they got back will add up to $30. :p

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