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Tuesday Puzzle

Bill Earl

Here's an old one (you can tell how old by the prices!)

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the people.

On the way to the room the bellboy decides that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person.

Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the missing $1?

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Alex Y

Thanks for bringing back a classic.

Once you have seen this one, it is obvious, but it can be very frustrating until you "get it".

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Larry Barrett

Any idea how old this one is? I remember hearing it around 1950, but imagine it is much older. If the bellboy gives back 5/6 of a dollar to each guest the problem goes away (but this does present another problem).

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Explain Answer????

Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

For those of us one dimensional thinkers....can somebody give a layman's answer to the answer???

T.

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Bill Earl

Each person paid $10 and got back $1 so the total amount paid was $27.

Of that $27, the Hotel got $25 and the Bellboy pocketed the extra $2.

The question tricks you into subtracting $27 from $30 instead of $25 from $27.

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#6

Thanks....I needed that.


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