3 of us rent a hotel for $30 (including tax). we each put in $10. ($10 x 3=$30) The clerk realizes its Wednesday and the room was really $25 so he gives the bellhop $5 to give us ($30 - $25 = $5). the bellhop figures we cant split the $5 in change so keeps $2. tells us we overpaid and we get $3 back, $1 for each of us.  so instead of $10, we spent $9 dollars apiece. hmmmm   $9 x 3 = $27.  the bell hop has $2. $27 + $2 = $29.  Where did the other dollar go?
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You spent $9 apiece to pay the hotel and the bell hop = $27.  Plus $1 for each of you = $30
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You are adding the bellboy when he should be subtracted.  $27 -$2 = $25, which is what the room cost.  Since the room cost only $25, each man should get ~$1.66 back, but the bellboy robs them of $.33 each.  The total should be the cost of the room, which is $25, not $30.\n\nYes it is a riddle.  The trick is in telling the person that it adds to $29.  Without that, most people would probably just figure out that they had to subtract the $2, not add.
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If it is $10 Tuesday, and that is after falling - 3/8 from the day before, then obviously, it was 10 3/8 the day before.  An "eighth" is an eighth of a dollar (12.5 cents), so the price was 10 and 37 1/2 cents the day before.\n\nIf the high was 14 1/4, that is $14.25.  If the low was 8 1/2, it was as low as $8.50.  I am not going to do that substraction for you, but I hope it isn't hard to subtract 8.50 from 14.25.\n\nGood luck!!
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3 guys on a road trip go to a hotel and get a room. The clerk says the room is $30.00 so each of the 3 guys gives a $10 bill to the clerk and they go to the room. The Manager realizes the room was only $25.00 and not $30.00 so he tells the bellhop to take the 5 $1.00 bills back to the guys. The bell hop thinks about it and pockets 2 of the 5 ones and gives each of the guys a $1.00 bill. So if each of the 3 guys paid with a $10.00 and got a $1.00 back then they only paid $9.00 each and the bell hop kept $2.00 what happened to the other dollar?
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There is no missing dollar.\nThe store has 25, John has 2, each of his friends has 1, that's a total of 30 dollars.\n\nFrom the debit side, John owes his friends $27. He spent $27 of it on the shirt, and has $2 in his hand.
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I love this riddle, haven't seen it a while... quite simple :) okay its takes a while: $25 to hotel, $2 for bellboy in transit, $3 returned to the GUYS = $30. Each guy DID spend $27, plus the $2 bellman pocketed (tricky part is do not add but SUBTRACT!) they had no idea they're supposed to spend $25! should've stayed home, lol
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it is an improperly formed equation. the clerk may have the $2 but it is relative to the house not the friends.\n\n3x9=27 which is the price paid. the $2 the clerk has is stolen from the till not the friends. so 27+3=30 the 3 being the amount of the refund. so the proper formula is: 3x9+3=25+3+2\n3 friends times $9 + the $3 refund is equal to the price of the beer $25 plus the $3 refund plus the $2 the clerk has.
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The two dollars that was a tip to the bellhop is not added to the $27 to give $29 as the last sentence states.  It is subtracted from the $27 paid by the three men ($9 each), giving $25 (which is how much the room cost).\n\nSo basically, each man paid $8.33 for the room, and $0.67 each to the bellhop.  This gives the $25 room charge, $2 tip and the $3 change from the original $30.\n\nThere is no missing dollar.
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The faulty reasoning lies in the addition at the end. 3 x $9 does equal $27, but the $2 tip is included in that $27, so it makes no sense to add the $2 to $27 to make $29. They paid $25 for the hotel room, $2 for the tip ($27), and then got $1 back each to make the original $30.
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there is no missing dollar\n\nthe three paid $30, and the clerk gave the bell hop $5 to give back, meaning they paid 25 for the room.  he gave each man $1, and kept 2 for himself.\n\n25 for room\n+3 returned\n+2 stolen\n=30\n\nOR\n\nthey each paid nine for the room, and got a dollar back from the bellhop\n\n9 x 3= 27 paid for the room\n3 x 1= 3 refunded\n27+3= 30
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1. 3 of you went with $ 10 each , so you have 10*3 = $ 30.\n2. There is a bill for $ 30 with $ 5 discount, so you have to pay $ 25.\n3. You can not devide 5 in 3 pars so you give away $ 2 at tip.\n4. The amount spent mounts to $ 25 +$ 2 = $ 27.\n5. You are left with $ 3, which you devided in 3 parts. So, all of you have $ 1 each.\n\nNow, if you see the question in perspective of one of the 3 people. The addtional $ 2 are spent in giving away the other 2 frineds their share of $ 3 left. \nSo, in this case the dollar left is with you.\n\nEnjoy the dollar.
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ok. there are 3 guys who go on a road trip. they go into the hotel and its $30.00 even for the room. so each guy pays 10.00. (10 x 3 =30)\nwhile they are in the room the checkin girl realizes its only $25.00 for the room. so she grabs 5 one dollar bills and goes up to the room. she realizes that 5 does not divide by 3 evenly. so she taked $2.00 and puts them in her pocket. as she knocks at the door she feels guilty and pulls the $2.00 out of her pocket. they ended up giving her 2 dollars and kept 3. if each guy gets 1 dollar back then instead of 10 they paid 9 each for the room. ( $9 x 3 = 27)\n27 + 2 (tip they gave lady) = $29.00\n\nWHERES THE LAST DOLLAR??????????????
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The riddle misdirects you to find the answer. 3 people with 10 each is thirty dollars. (ok in both directions) They paid this. The cost of cd player is 25 dollars. thirty minus 5 is 25 plus the five the clerk gets from manager is 30 again.  all thirty dollars are accounted for. 30 minus 25  is five (same five given to clerk).l The fact that the "change is 3 dollars making the cost 27 is 25 for the store plus 2 the clerk kept. Again 30 dollars is accounted for.
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Math question\nIt's the wording. Don't pay attention to the $27 figure. Concentrate on this.\n\n$30 paid.\n\n$25 Acutal cost of room due to discount\n\n$5 owed\n\n$1 dollar to each\n\n$2 for the clerk.\n\nThe mythical figure of $27 ASSUMES that the cost of the room was actually $27 due to the refund of $1 per man (it should have been 25 due to the multiple occupant discount, The number 27 was never mentioned by "motel personel"). Look only at the original price and the actual discount price of $30 and $25 respectively. If you do that, the math should make sense\n\n30 dollars paid\n\n25 dollars actual cost of room\n\n5 Dollars total refund\n\n3 dollars total to the salesmen\n\n2 dollars to the clerk\n\nHence an algebraic formula ((30-5)+3)+2)=30\n\n(25+3)+2=30\n\n28+2=30\n\nOr:\n\nx=$30, total paid by salesmen \n\ny=$25 cost of room with multiple occupancy discount\n\nz=$5 Total amount of refund due salesmen\n\na=$2 Amount kept by clerk\n\nb=$3 Actual amount refunded to salesmen\n\nWhich gives you (((x-z)+b)+a)=x\n\nNow isn't that much simpler?
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Easy. When the manager took $5 out of the $30 there was $25 remaining, right. That's $8.333333 paid each. When the bellboy gave them the $3 back that made it $9.333333 each. The remaining change from the $10 which is 67cents times 3 equals the $2 in the bellboys pocket.
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There isnt any money missing.  The men paid 30 dollars originally-$10 per person.  When the bellhop returned a dollar to each of them, that means that they paid a total of 27 dollars.  So, the motel got 25 of the dollars, and the bellhop kept 2 dollars.  Thats 27 dollars-nothing is missing.  The problem is that in the question you are adding the 2 dollars the bellhop kept to the 27 dollars the men paid, and that is logically wrong- You add the 2 dollars the bellhop kept to the 25 dollars paid to the motel.\n\nEach man did not pay 8.33-that makes no sense at all.  They each paid 10 dollars and got one back..simple math, they each paid 9 dollars.  Look at it a different way- forget that they paid 30 dollars to begin with, because that doesnt matter.  What they ended up paying is 27 dollars- 25 to the hotel, and 2 to the bellhop.\n*edit* Believe me, this question has been around a loooong time-they didn't each pay $8.33- use your logical mind for a second.  They each paid 10 dollars apiece, and then each got $1 back...how could you possible get to the point that they paid $8.33 from that?? And at any rate, by that illogic, there is still a penny missing.. how could you get a penny missing when the only thing that changed hands were dollars.  They each paid 9 dollars-thats a total paid out of 27 dollars.  25 to the hotel, 2 to the bellhop.  It's easy...don't get trapping the the illogical step of adding the bellhop's $2 to the patrons $27.  The patrons *don't have* 27 dollars, they have exactly $3!!. So, $25 to the hotel, $3 to the guests, and $2 to the bellhop-$30.
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The error is in the way the question is stated at the part where you say each man paid $9 for the room.  They didn't.  They paid $8.33 each, but don't know it.  They each paid $.66 in a tip they also don't know about.  That times 3 = 27 and with the $3 of refund = $30.00.