3 men hire a hotel room together......

[ke_70]

right so i spent the last hour at work trying to work out this riddle some one gave me.


3 men are staying over night in a hotel. they go to pay for their room and it comes to $30 total. so they split it three ways and pay $10 each.
they then get to their room and the manager approches them and says they made a mistake with the pricing and the room only costs $25. then procciding to refund them $5.
they then each take $1 and give the remaining $2 to the manager for honesty.

so each of the men have now paid $9 each for the room.
so 9x3= $27+$2=$29

wheres the other $1 gone?

[racsov]

gay sex

[Todd]

There is no extra dollar.

The three men paid $30 for a room.
The manager realized that the room only
ought to have cost them $25, so he sent
the bellhop back with $5 to be returned
to them.

Out of the original $30, here's where
it all went:

Kept by motel: $25
Stolen by bellhop: 2
Returned to men: 3
---
Total: $30
===

Another way of looking at it: The
three men ended up paying a total of
$9×3=$27. That's $25 for the room
plus the $2 stolen by the bellhop.

The question tries to trick you into
adding the $2 stolen by the bellhop to
the total of $27 that the three men end
up paying, for a total of $29, and then
wondering why it doesn't add up to the
original $30. But this is nonsense, as
the $27 already includes the stolen $2
($25 for the room plus the stolen $2
equals $27).

The $27 that the men ultimately end up
paying, plus the $3 that was returned
to them, adds up to the original $30. The
$25 that the men were supposed to pay
for the room, plus the $5 that the bellhop
was supposed to return to them, equals the
original $30.

[ke_70]

^ thats wrong.
sorry todd try again.

[shift_rook]

Simple, there is no missing dollar.
Stop focusing on $30
Each man paid $9 for the room, $9 x 3 men=$27
Hotel manager got $25 for the room
Bell boy got $2 for the tip
$25+ $2= $27
each man now has $1. $1 x 3men=$3
$3 + $27= $30
All money accounted for.

used google, like a try orum warrior should

[Todd]

lol i used google.

google fail.

[dori_86]

$25 for the room
$3 dollars back
plus $2 tip
25+3+2=30

OR

$10 each ( 3x $10) = $30
minus $2 from the manager = $28
minus the $1 each the get back (total $3) = $25


basically they payed $25 for the room (really its 25/3= $8.33 or $8 and 1/3 each NOT $9), shared a $2 tip and got a extra $3 each
so again 25+2+3=30

ive tried explaining it the best i could

[ke_70]

no chris your avoiding the question.

each man paid $10 originally
they then got back a $1 plus an extra $2

so they all ended up paying $9 each
9x3=??? plus the extra $2

[Jdm-Mcc]

I fave a feeling this will end with clay looking like even more of a fool.

[ke_70]

yeah probley

id already worked it out but after some googleing i over thought it.
i used math