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Question ------- 3 men go into a motel. The receptionist tells them the room will be $30. Each man pays $10 before going to the room. The clerk then realizes that they were given only a $25 room, and sends the bellhop to the room with $5. The bellhop keeps $2 [as a tip?] and each man gets $1 back, ending up paying only $9 for the room. Three times $9 is $27. With the $2 the bellhop kept, that's only $29. Where's the missing dollar?
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the scenario is perfectly sound. however. amount paid per man for room: 25/3 amount paid per man to bellhop: 2/3 25/3+2/3=27/3=$9. 9x3=27 then there is a dollar for each man given by the clerk 27+3=30 no missing dollars it isn't 9 dollars each for the room, its 9 dollars each for the room and the bellhop, +the 3 in their pockets Side: Yeah I can answer this
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It's just misleading wording. There is no missing money. I'll be overly elaborate for the scenario. H=Hotel funds, V=Visitor funds, B=Bellhop funds. H+V+B=$30. Initially, no money is spent, and the visitors have it all. H=$0, V=$30, B=$0 H+V+B=$30 Next, $30 is paid to the hotel for the room. H=$30, V=$0, B=$0 H+V+B=$30. But the room actually cost $25; the Bellhop is given the $5 dollar refund to take to the visitors. H=$25, V=$0, B=$5 H+V+B=$30. The bellhop can't split $5 three ways, so he gives each visitor back $1, totalling $3, while keeping $2 as a tip. H=$25, V=$3, B=$2 H+V+B=$30 Each visitor at this point will have spent $9 TOTAL- ~$8.33 of this went towards the room, and ~$0.67 of this went towards the bellhops tip. This $27 figure already includes the bellhops tip (remember, the room was $25), and the 'missing' portion of the original $30 ($3, not $1) will be found in the $1 bill in each of the visitors wallets. Side: Yeah I can answer this
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