where is the dollar!!!!!!!!!!!

[mace25]

The missing dollar
You might be able to figure this out if you read it carefully.

Three men went to a motel. The motel manager said a room cost $30, so each man put up $10 and went to their room. A little while later the manager realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellhop back to the three guys' room with $5. On the way to the room the bellhop couldn't figure out how to split the $5 between the 3 men, so he gave each one of them $1 and he kept the other $2.

This meant that the 3 men paid $9 each for the room for a total of $27. Add the $2 that the bellhop kept = $29.

Where did the other dollar go?






is that the JUICE?

[mace25]

Count the F's in the following sentence.
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

[HitHard69]

1. Yes
2. 5

[chiachu]

1) $25 for the room, $2 for the bellhop, $3 back to the three men for a total of 20$. Guess theres no juice there.
2) 5

[1337 skills]

The men actually paid $9.33 1/3 each for the motel room.

There are 6 F's.

[mace25]

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The men actually paid $9.33 1/3 each for the motel room.

There are 6 F's.

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correct! 6 F's. average person counts 3. pretty weak huh?

[PokerGoblin]

there is no dollar

[1337 skills]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
The men actually paid $9.33 1/3 each for the motel room.

There are 6 F's.

[/ QUOTE ]


correct! 6 F's. average person counts 3. pretty weak huh?

[/ QUOTE ]


Yep. Weak sauce.
I meant $8.33 1/3 though. I can't edit my post now. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[boondockst]

The logical explanation of the flawed math is that

a = Money each paid for the room ($9) x Number of men (3)
a = $27

"total" != a + Bellhops' amount ($2)
30 != 29

People (normal, non 2+2 people) get stumped trying to make "total" equal 30. There is NO relation between "total" and the original $30. Since the numbers are so close, people can believe that they must really need to equal each other yet it is only coincidence. The only "formula" that you can apply is.

Money each paid x # of Men = Cost of Room + Bellhops' take

$9 x 3 = $25 + $2

Alternatively, if you insist on making each side $30.....

10 x 3 = $25 + $2 + $3 (money about to be handed from bellhop to men)

[boondockst]

Oh and the men definitely paid $9 each for the room.

[Koss]

Each man pays $9 total. $25 goes to the hotel and $2 to the bellhop. $25+$2 = $27. $9X$3 = $27. Seems fine to me.

[Blackjack]

wtf is the answer

[FishHooks]

i agree, you should be subracting $2 from the $27 to get $25 which is what they pay for the room. each man pays $9 3x9 = $27. so that means the hotel has $27 from them, but thats wrong, the hotel gave the $2 to the bellhop so you subract $2 from the $27 that the hotel had, so $27-$2 = $25 pretty simple

[Tha Villain]

The real question here is...

What are three men doing getting a hotel room together?

Hmmmm...

[evans075]

6 F's

[Joshssj4]

This meant that the 3 men paid $9.33 each

[FishHooks]

lmao that is the real question.......

[boondockst]

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This meant that the 3 men paid $9.33 each

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Again, NO

They each paid $9

$9 (each paid) x 3 (# of men) = $27

$27 (paid total) - $2 (bellhops' take) = $25 (motels' take)

they each paid $9

[boondockst]

Let me rephrase what you folks are trying to incorrectly say..


For the room, the men each paid $9 each for a total of $27 but in actuality, they each paid $8.33 1/3 to the motel and $0.66 2/3 to the bellhop

[Nottom]

[ QUOTE ]

correct! 6 F's. average person counts 3. pretty weak huh?

[/ QUOTE ]

What sucks about the F thing is that I've seen it before, I know the "trick" and yet I still can't count them right.

[BeantownCaller]

Where are all of these F's you speak people speak of?

[1337 skills]

What's the trick? All I did was take my time while counting them.

[DougOzzzz]

most people don't count the F's in OF.

[1337 skills]

So then the trick is reading the word "of"?