riddle

[Nitrogen X Laced]

Three friends check into a hotel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the three by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the three friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????

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answer: total-30 minus 5 = 25 plus 3 to each guy equals 28 plus the pocketed two so the math is wrong thats it

 

[swimer3]

that was going around myspace...

 

[Nitrogen X Laced]

haha yeah but no one could find the answer i guess well at least my friends couldnt but i finally figured it out.

 

[Vrs815]

its a trick all the money is there u shouldn't be adding the bell hops two dollars you should be adding the 3 dollars they got back (am i right??)

 

[VolleyballQt07]

still confused!




wait, still don't get it! lol.

just playin.....i understand it.........i think!

 

[Princess Ash]

I'm an idiot...I still don't get it...

Who would have thought I ever got Straight A's? HAHAHA

 

[EeyoreFan1]

I know, I get straight A's too. (Can you believe it!!???)But I didn't get it.

 

[Cinderella94]

I get straight A's also and I still don't get it! I'm with Ash and Jessie on this one!

 

[tiff13]

I dont get straight a's and i got it:
Highlight for explanation:
the bellhop returned $3. Add 3 to 25 and you get 28. Therefore it came to $28 not $27.

 

[Lil_Tink]

Haha I didnt get it Im not to good at riddles

 

[T.O'Brizzle]

stupid riddles and stupid math. lol i felt dumb trying to figure this riddle out when i saw it on myspace