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Pillar of the Community
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I am a bit confused here. If the bellboy gave them each a buck, that would be $28 and not $27. With $2 for the bellboy and $28 for the room there is no missing dollar. They each got $1 back, so they paid $9 each for the room (not $10). $9 x 3 = $27 then you add the $2 in the bellboy's pocket, $27 + $2 = $29... where's the other dollar? |
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Rest in Peace
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I am a bit confused here. If the bellboy gave them each a buck, that would be $28 and not $27. With $2 for the bellboy and $28 for the room there is no missing dollar. They each paid 10 and got back 1. Three x 9=27 they paid. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This puzzle always makes you think. But, it's just slight of digits.
They did only pay $27. $25 for the room and the $2 the bellboy kept.
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't see where the dollar is missing either... $30-$5= $25, plus $2 for the bellboy is $27...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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20 cent pc and a quarter
Edited by TNG
04/24/2011 12:59 am
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Valued Member
United States
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There is no missing dollar, the guys paid 30 for the room, they got a 5 dollar discount for no hot water (crappy discount btw) which they received 3 dollars of it and the bellhop stole 2 dollars. So 25 dollar room + 3 dollar refund + 2 dollar stolen tip = 30 bucks
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Valued Member
United States
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There is no other dollar, the paid $30 for the room. The desk clerk told the bellboy to give them $5 in refund, so that leaves only $25 dollars. The bellboy pockets two dollars thinking that they wouldn't know that the refund was $5, so that leaves the count at $25 to the desk clerk for the room, $2 that the bellboy putz pocketed, and $3 to the original three men from the reduced refund.
$25+$2+$3=$30
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Rest in Peace
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Another correct way to look at it is the men paid 27, 2 to the bellboy and 25 to the owner.
Anyone else got good coin riddles?
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United States
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haha I'm glad you guys explained it I was one page 1 for this hotel riddle and it made sense...until you tried to add it to $30 but with the explanation it makes me feel dumb haha that was a good one
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ten coins in a line, in two groups of five.
You count from the left:
" 10,9,8,7,6", and to speed to count, for the right group:
"And five makes eleven"
And there only 10 coins? How come?
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm guessing you added 5 to 6 to get eleven... There are still only ten coins  |
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Rest in Peace
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You're adding quantity numbers and assigned numbers. If you put two in the first row, it would be 10, 9, and eight make 17.
I like using this trick on kids who are just old enough to add, to show them they have 11 fingers.
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I've got one to keep the coin fun going while biggfredd conjures up another one of his much anticipated riddles. I hope that's okay with the OP, I just didn't want to create a new thread while this one is already around. So I was browsing ebay for deals on gold, and I came across a one of a kind Roman coin. The price was almost beyond my budget. It was an old old coin dated 44 B.C. There was some other stuff on it as well, which I couldn't interpret. And the gold looked like real gold, so how did I figure out it was a fake coin? And no, it wasn't being shipped from China, not that easy.  |
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I have a guess, but I will post it after I get back from shopping.
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