labrys 0 #1 January 4, 2004 Inspired by the "3 doors" post: 3 people on a long road trip decide to stop and get a hotel room for the night and share the expense. When they check in the desk clerk tells them the room is $30.00. They each give him $10.00 and go to the room. The next morning, the hotel manager comes in and tells the desk clerk that the room was only supposed to be $25.00. He gives the clerk $5.00 in single bills and asks him to drop off the refund on his way out. The clerk can't figure out how to split the 5 bills between 3 people so he only gives them $3.00 and he keeps the other $2.00 So: If each person paid $10.00 for the room for a total of $30.00 and then got $1.00 back, they each paid $9.00 for the room, or a total of $27.00 The clerk pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 What happened to the other dollar?Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #2 January 4, 2004 Ooh!Ooh! Me! I know! I know, I know, I know!!! Not telling though...too early! FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,593 #3 January 4, 2004 me too. when do we get to tell!!Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeffD 0 #4 January 4, 2004 If anyone cant wait, google can help you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #5 January 4, 2004 Fallrate PMed the correct answer. Anyone else?Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #6 January 4, 2004 ....... kept the extra dollar!!!!!!!!! ... no really... something is flawed in the wording.... the guests did NOt spend 27 dollars "for the room" they spent 27 dollars for the 25 dollar room and two more for the clerks pocket.... equals 27.... the balance of 3 dollars which was refunded,,, comes off the 30$$$$,, "incorrect" fee which was charged when they checked in....I think that the "missing dollar" is a phantom $ which was generated by arithmatic mumbo jumbo...... I think i.e. they spent 27 dollars total... the clerks take was part of their 27 $$$ expenditure and then the remaining 3 dollars was the refund.........since they did put 30 dollars into the "kitty" to start this whole thing......By the way..... Why are there NEVER any 25 dollars hotel rooms located where I go?????????? hahahaha ( edited for spelling) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #7 January 4, 2004 How can it not be a 50/50 chance of the prize being behind the door when there are only 2 curtains left and it's behind one of them? Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #8 January 4, 2004 Shit...just noticed I posted this under the wrong thread, lol. Thought this was the doors puzzle. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #9 January 5, 2004 The $2 should be subtracted from, not added to, the $27 to get $25 paid for the room. There is no missing dollar.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #10 January 5, 2004 A classic case of misdirectionI'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #11 January 5, 2004 Arthur Anderson pocketed the other dollar.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
