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Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the missing $1?

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Answer #1

I remember when I was first told this I was confused for so long haha

Answer #2

So the three men gave the manager 30 dollars. So the manager has 30 dollars. The manager took 5 dollars and handed it to the bellboy. The bellboy handed 3 dollars to the three men, and kept 2 dollars for himself. 25 (held by the manager)+3(held by the three men) +2(held by the bellboy) =30 dollars, So im guessing none is missing unless I did my math wrong.

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Answer #3

Yepp both right! Cookies for everyone!!!

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