3 guys rent a motel room, the Lanlord ask them for 30$ for the night.
Next morning his wife tell him ...You charged them too much, it’s 25$, so you have to give them back 5$. Her husband agree and as he went to give them back their 5$ ???
As He could not divide it for 3,...
- He kept 2$ and gave them each 1$.
Three men each paid $10 to share a $30 hotel room. Later, the manager felt bad about overcharging them for a $25 dollar room, so he gave the bellboy 5 one-dollar bills to return to them. The bellboy returned one dollar to each of the men, but kept two for himself. So the men paid $27 for the room, plus $2 to the bellboy for a total of $29. Where did the extra dollar go?
xer0s wrote:Three men each paid $10 to share a $30 hotel room. Later, the manager felt bad about overcharging them for a $25 dollar room, so he gave the bellboy 5 one-dollar bills to return to them. The bellboy returned one dollar to each of the men, but kept two for himself. So the men paid $27 for the room, plus $2 to the bellboy for a total of $29. Where did the extra dollar go?
The $2 the bellboy took isn't added to the total, it's subtracted. He took away $2 that should have been given.
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xer0s wrote:Three men each paid $10 to share a $30 hotel room. Later, the manager felt bad about overcharging them for a $25 dollar room, so he gave the bellboy 5 one-dollar bills to return to them. The bellboy returned one dollar to each of the men, but kept two for himself. So the men paid $27 for the room, plus $2 to the bellboy for a total of $29. Where did the extra dollar go?
The $2 the bellboy took isn't added to the total, it's subtracted. He took away $2 that should have been given.
xer0s wrote:Three men each paid $10 to share a $30 hotel room. Later, the manager felt bad about overcharging them for a $25 dollar room, so he gave the bellboy 5 one-dollar bills to return to them. The bellboy returned one dollar to each of the men, but kept two for himself. So the men paid $27 for the room, plus $2 to the bellboy for a total of $29. Where did the extra dollar go?
xer0s wrote:Three men each paid $10 to share a $30 hotel room. Later, the manager felt bad about overcharging them for a $25 dollar room, so he gave the bellboy 5 one-dollar bills to return to them. The bellboy returned one dollar to each of the men, but kept two for himself. So the men paid $27 for the room, plus $2 to the bellboy for a total of $29. Where did the extra dollar go?
That is moronic. If you're subtracting the $3 from the $30 bill, you shouldn't add the remaining $2 back to it. That should be subtracted from the $27.
the "plus" in "plus $2 to bellboy" is not a mathematical function, but a linguistic function.
"So the men paid $27 for the room, AND $2 went to the bellboy for a final of $25."
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xer0s wrote:Look, I didn't make this shit up. I was just helping pete with his fucking riddle. If you can call it that...
It wasn't directed at you, but at the idea that pete would bother posting this. I just happened to quote you because your post was the only one that I could work with.
Pete, correct me if I'm wrong, but...did you just surrender?!
Stop DOING that.
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almost as bad as 'ol Karl.
You guys are dorks. 
