Postby drawscore » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:27 pm
And while you are thinking about that, here's something else to consider:
Three office workers have been sent by their boss to a business convention in a neighboring state. They arrive and check with the hotel, but find that there is only one room left. The desk clerk, seeing a chance to pocket some extra cash, tells them that the room costs $30.
Each man pulls out a $10 bill, and the men go up to the room. But a little later, the desk clerk starts feeling bad about having cheated the trio, so he calls the bellhop over, gives him $5, and tells him to take it up and return it. On the way up, the bellhop realized that three won't go into five evenly, so he pockets $2, and returns a dollar to each of the men.
Since each man got a dollar back, that means that they only paid $9 each for the room. Now, 9 x 3 = $27, and the bellhop kept $2, which makes $29. Where's the other dollar?
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