The missing dollar

Logic Level 2

Three men go to stay at a motel, and the man at the desk charges them $30.00 for a room. They split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, that the actual cost should have been $25.00. The manager gives the bellboy $5.00 and tells him to give it to the men. The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.

Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room and 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?

It's a hidden cost The three men actually spent $29.00 The bellboy took it There is no missing dollar

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1 solution

Vibha Sharma
Aug 24, 2015

three men spent = $ 27

   =    Manager   +     bellboy 

   =    $25     +   $ 2

and remaining $3 are distributed among the men hence there is no missing dollar

and $27 + $ 2 = $ 29 is wrong because $2 of bellboy is already included in the $27 as verified above

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