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Brain teaser (help me)
Strange problem that someone told me earlier today.
3 guys split a restaurant bill of $30 and leave no tip, when the waiter brings the money to the cahier he is told that the bill was actually $25. The lady at the cashier gives him $5 back to give to the 3 guys. Pissed off at getting no tip he decides to pocket $2 for himself and only give $3 back. Each of the guys gets $1 back meaning they paid $9 each total. 9x3 = 27 and the waiter has $2, what happened to $1? I may be missing something obvious here but I can't figure this out. Feel free to flame me if this is really easy. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] |
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
you dont add the $2, you subtract it.
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
ok, that was a pretty vague answer i guess.
they paid $9 each ($27 total)on a $25 dollar tab. that leaves $2 which the waiter pocketed. |
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
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Strange problem that someone told me earlier today. 3 guys split a restaurant bill of $30 and leave no tip, when the waiter brings the money to the cahier he is told that the bill was actually $25. The lady at the cashier gives him $5 back to give to the 3 guys. Pissed off at getting no tip he decides to pocket $2 for himself and only give $3 back. Each of the guys gets $1 back meaning they paid $9 each total. 9x3 = 27 and the waiter has $2, what happened to $1? I may be missing something obvious here but I can't figure this out. Feel free to flame me if this is really easy. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] There is no extra $1. The $2 to the waiter is part of the $27 paid by the customers ($27 = $25 + $2), not in addition to it. Another way of looking at it is that of the original $30, $25 went to the restaurant, $3 went back to the customers, and $2 went to the waiter. |
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
This actually got me for a couple minutes, but the answer is:
<font color="white">There is no missing dollar. They gave $30 and got $3 back, so they spent $27. The $25 that went toward the bill + $2 that went toward the tip = $27 spent total. ($30 - $2) has nothing to do with anything.</font> GoT |
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
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Strange problem that someone told me earlier today. 3 guys split a restaurant bill of $30 and leave no tip, when the waiter brings the money to the cahier he is told that the bill was actually $25. The lady at the cashier gives him $5 back to give to the 3 guys. Pissed off at getting no tip he decides to pocket $2 for himself and only give $3 back. Each of the guys gets $1 back meaning they paid $9 each total. 9x3 = 27 and the waiter has $2, what happened to $1? I may be missing something obvious here but I can't figure this out. Feel free to flame me if this is really easy. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] the guys pay $10 each at the beginning their $10 is distributed as follows: $25/3 (for the actual bill) = $8.33 $2/3 (for the tip) = $0.67 $3/3 (for the refund) = $1 Total = $10/person The trick of this riddle is knowing that the bolded parts of the riddle above do not correspond directly (you cannot just add the $9x3 and the $2 tip together because they are not exclusive of each other (the tip is being double-counted)). Thus, the $1 is seen as "missing", when in fact it should be a "missing" $3 (the money that's not the tip or the meal) - which is easily accounted for by the refund. Confusing [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] |
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
Now I feel like an idiot. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
That answer is pretty obvious. Thanks for the responses. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: Brain teaser (help me)
Easy
that slut of a cashier took it! |
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REPOST
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