OT Mathematic "mystery"
Submitted: Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:22
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Member - barry F (NSW)
OK, so I haven't got enough to do, but it's been bugging me all day.This is not meant as a "Friday funny" but I am not able to work out the answer. Can anybody help!!
3 men go into a hotel. The receptionist says the cost of a room is $30, so each man pays $10 & they then they go to the room.
A while later, the receptionist realized the room was only $25, so sent the bellboy to the room with $5 change.
On the way, the bellboy couldn't work out how to split $5 evenly between the three guests, so he gave each of them $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.
This meant that each guest paid $9 each for the room, which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29
What happened to the other dollar??
Reply By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:28
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:28
BARRY F ; now i need what is advertised on the top of this page!!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:29
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:29
probably went in GST
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Follow Up By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:38
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:38
Now then Mark, next thing someone will be telling me it got added to the price of a Litre of fuel!! I want to know the real answer, so come on, there must be someone out there with an IQ higher than this weary old brain of
mine. LOL
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:35
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:35
Its actually easy, the cost of the room was $25, each man paid $9, that equals $27, $25 for the room and $2 foir the thieving Bell Boy named Kevin
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Follow Up By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:42
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:42
I can get my head around the thieving bell boy from Qld called Kev, but still having trouble with the rest. I'll have another beer and think about it a bit. Thanks.
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Follow Up By: Member - Tony B (QLD) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:03
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:03
Too true. Originally they should have only paid $8.333333etc each. LOL Tony
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Reply By: Louie the fly - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:57
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 17:57
Probably kinda like $50 + 30%=$65 - $65 - 30% = $45.50. Same principle I suppose.
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Reply By: Willem - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:13
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:13
These things use to stump me at school.
If you have 16 Peaches and eat 6 Apples then how many Pears do you have left over?
No wonder I failed ..................hahahahaha
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 20:32
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 20:32
HAHAHAHA!, Thats a friday funnie to me...lol.
Cheers Axle
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Reply By: Member - John R (QLD) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:19
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:19
The hotel has $25, the bellboy $2, and each man $1, total $30!
The "problem" with this old enigma is that the addition of $27 to $2 doesn't mean anything. You can see this better if you imagine the room was only $20, and each man was given back $3, and the bellboy kept $1. Now 3 x $7 + $1 = $22, so we're now missing $8! (but $20 plus 3 x $3 plus $1 still adds up to $30).
Cheers, John
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Follow Up By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:24
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:24
Thanks everybody!! I can now sleep to night instead of trying to nut it out.
BUT........... What are we going to do about that thieving bellboy, Qld Kev?? DOB him into the Cane Toad breeders association or make him wear blue for a week?? LOL & thanks.
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 22:52
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 22:52
I meant Kev RUDD not our local here
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Reply By: Member - Tony B (QLD) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:21
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:21
LOL If you are still having trouble, try some coffee and work the sum like this. $30 paid and $5 returned = $25. Or $30 paid $3 returned to rightful owners and (add the $2 that the bellboy kept) do not add the $2 as it needs to be taken off the $27. Best of luck Tony
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:51
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 18:51
i need more panadole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 19:09
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 19:09
Watch those damn Nigerian Hotels....:-)
Andrew
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Reply By: Member - Fred G (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 19:57
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 19:57
The answer is, "There is no answer" why do you think the banks are so rich?????
Fred.
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Follow Up By: Member - loris G (NSW) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 21:07
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 21:07
For cost of room - divide 25 by 3 = 8-1/3
Plus $1 returned = $9-1/3
Multiply by 3, add 2........ta da........
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 22:54
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 at 22:54
barry forget the $2...answer me this...
Where was the man when he jumped off the bridge??
On the bridge? Nope that was BEFORE he jumped!
In the air? Nope that was AFTER he jumped!
Let me know and I will give you the Bellboys $2
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Follow Up By: Member - Tony B (QLD) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 06:46
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 06:46
Well what you are telling me is he got up on to the guardrails/Handrails and then jumped. LOL. Cheers Tony.
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 08:56
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 08:56
If he was on the guardrails that was BEFORE he jumped, where was the man WHEN he jumped off the bridge
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 10:03
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 10:03
AHH, but did he jump on purpose or did he accidently fall???
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 11:16
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 11:16
As with all stunts he jumped to make a point, but WHERE WAS HE when he jumped?
BY the way... there IS an answer and its not obvious
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G (NSW) - Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 13:34
Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 at 13:34
OK BONZ , we give up ,what's the answer??
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