# Simple puzzle

1. Jun 30, 2005

### CaptainQuaser

Three guys walk into a hotel. The Bell boy charges them 30 dollars for the room. Each of the thee men pay 10 dollars.

The Bell boy gives the money to the manager but is repremanded as the room only costs 25 dollars, he is told to give 5 dollars back.

To make things easier he gives each man 1 dollar back and keeps 2 for himself.

So in the end each man had paid 9 dollars making 27 in total. The Bell boy kept 2 making 29, so where did the last dollar go?

2. Jun 30, 2005

### neurocomp2003

nowhere. 2making 29 is wrong.

3. Jun 30, 2005

### marcus

captain, welcome to PF!
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the guys paid out a total of 27 dollars, where did the 27 dollars go? the bellhop got $2 and the manager got$25
I think this is what neurocomp is saying

4. Jun 30, 2005

5. Jul 1, 2005

### gangsta_jme4

The men only pay 25 dollars, because the manager gives 5 dollars back. so when the bell boy gives them each 1 dollar, that makes it 28 dollars and the boy keeps 2 dollars which makes it 30 dollars. Therefore the men pay uneven amounst of money, but no money is unaccounted for.

6. Jul 1, 2005

### jmcginty

exercise in symamtics

7. Jul 1, 2005

### DaveC426913

"So in the end each man had paid 9 dollars making 27 in total. The Bell boy kept 2 making 29, so where did the last dollar go?"

It's like saying "I pay you $5, and you receive$5. If we add those together, we have suddenly created a total of $10 out of nothing." In reality, the sum total of moneys started off at$30 (all in the men's hands) In the end, the hotel has $25, the bellboy has$2 and the 3 men have \$1 each.