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Jun 2, 2015 23:51:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 23:51:13 GMT
Three women decide to go on a holiday to Florida. They share a room at a hotel which is charging 1920s rates as part of a promotional strategy. The women are charged only $10 each, or $30 in all. After going through his guest list, the manager discovers that he has made a mistake and has actually overcharged the three. The room costs only $25. So, he gives a bellhop $5 to return to them. The sneaky bellhop knows that he cannot divide $5 into three equal amounts. Thus, he pockets $2 for himself and returns only $1 to each woman. Now, here's the conundrum. Each woman paid $10 originally and got back $1. So, in fact, each woman paid $9 for the room. The three of them together thus paid $9 times 3, or $27 in total. If we add this amount to the $2 that the bellhop dishonestly pocketed, we get a total of $29. Yet the women paid out $30 originally! Where is the missing dollar?
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Jun 3, 2015 18:07:02 GMT
Post by tay on Jun 3, 2015 18:07:02 GMT
Jesus I dont know I am absolutely fucking terrible at maths aha
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Jun 5, 2015 23:58:10 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 23:58:10 GMT
Jesus I dont know I am absolutely fucking terrible at maths aha Sam here! What's the answer then? If no one else is going to comment on it...
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Jun 6, 2015 1:32:19 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 1:32:19 GMT
Jesus I dont know I am absolutely fucking terrible at maths aha Sam here! What's the answer then? If no one else is going to comment on it... I don't know the answer the buck vanishes!
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Jun 12, 2015 20:34:55 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2015 20:34:55 GMT
AHA you don't actually know the answer :') I will look it up and if I find anything Ill comment it, what is this problem called?
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Jun 23, 2015 12:42:44 GMT
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Post by Bo on Jun 23, 2015 12:42:44 GMT
AHA you don't actually know the answer :') I will look it up and if I find anything Ill comment it, what is this problem called? I'm not sure charlie, I looked it up under vanishing dollar, I think. But I still didn't understand the explanation haha
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Jul 4, 2015 22:49:12 GMT
Post by tay on Jul 4, 2015 22:49:12 GMT
Where did you hear about it again?
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Jul 9, 2015 11:41:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 11:41:42 GMT
Where did you hear about it again? My Dad e mailed it me. He thinks he's smart.
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Jul 9, 2015 18:39:36 GMT
Post by tay on Jul 9, 2015 18:39:36 GMT
OH ahaha! Mine does as well, does he know the answer then ?
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Jul 11, 2015 9:50:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2015 9:50:46 GMT
I don't want to give him the satisfaction T haha. I don't know if it has an answer. They give 10 bucks and all get a buck back, so they paid 27 bucks 3x9. The porter pockets 2 I'm fucked if I know where the last buck went :/ haha
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