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Capt Ron wrote:Three guys check into a hotel and the desk clerk charges them $10.00 each or $30.00 for the room.
After thinking it over, the desk clerk decides he should have only charged them $25.00 for the room, so he gives $5.00 to the bell boy and tells him to return it to the three men.
On the way there, the bell boy decides to keep $2.00 for himself, so when he gets to the room he tells the men they were overcharged and hands each of them a dollar bill.
As a result, each guy ends up paying $9.00 for the room or $27.00.
If the bell boy kept $2.00, that brings the total to $29.00.
Where did the other dollar go?
Your math is wrong. The $27 dollars includes the $2 for the bellboy. Add the $3 returned to the men and the total is $30.
Capt Ron wrote:Three guys check into a hotel and the desk clerk charges them $10.00 each or $30.00 for the room.
After thinking it over, the desk clerk decides he should have only charged them $25.00 for the room, so he gives $5.00 to the bell boy and tells him to return it to the three men.
On the way there, the bell boy decides to keep $2.00 for himself, so when he gets to the room he tells the men they were overcharged and hands each of them a dollar bill.
As a result, each guy ends up paying $9.00 for the room or $27.00.
If the bell boy kept $2.00, that brings the total to $29.00.
Where did the other dollar go?
Your math is wrong. The $27 dollars includes the $2 for the bellboy. Add the $3 returned to the men and the total is $30.