marcus99 - 
Button Buck
Lore City, OH
 | | 07/25/2007 7:57 AM |
| three guy's are out and decide to stay at a hotel the room cost $30 so each guy pays ten dollars a piece.they go up to the room the room is trash so they go back to the clerk the clerk says yes that room is pretty bad. so the clerk gives the guy's a five dollar discount so five dollars doesn't split in to three so each guy takes a dollar and they give a clerk a two dollar tip.
so 9+9+9+2= 29 where's the other dollar?
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go Dale Jr. #88 | |
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archer ev -
Button Buck
Marion County, Illinois
| | 07/25/2007 8:22 AM |
| | The deal was $30 for the room. Then the clerk changed it to $25. The men changed the deal to $27 that is $9 apiece to the clerk and $1 each in their pockets. There is no "spare" dollar. The trick of this puzzle is adding numbers from two different deals. The price of the room was $30 and the refund was $3. | |
If it wouldn't a been good
I wouldn't a done it. | |
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rackaholic1989 -
Spike
indiana
| | 07/25/2007 9:08 PM |
| | ok so i've read this several times and it still confuses me lol i even read what archer said and i still cant figure it out..anyone else as confused as me? | |
If Its Brown It's Down! | |
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archer ev -
Button Buck
Marion County, Illinois
| | 07/26/2007 7:59 AM |
| | You don't add 9+9+9+2. The $2 tip is already included in the $27 they paid. You add 9+9+9+3 = 30. The $3 refund plus the $27 they paid for the room. | |
If it wouldn't a been good
I wouldn't a done it. | |
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marcus99 -
Button Buck
Lore City, OH
| | 07/26/2007 10:14 AM |
| | sorry archer but that is not the correct answer. | |
go Dale Jr. #88 | |
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MelSue -
Forum Administrator
Record Book
Metamora, Illinois
| | 07/26/2007 10:43 AM |
| There is no left over dollar....... she gave them 5 discount,,, they each took one, and they gave her two...... that totals the 5..... plus the 25 they paid.... that totals 30.
10+10+10=30 - 5 discount = 25.00 and out of this leaves the 5 she gave back and each of them, 3 of them took 1, leaving the 2 they gave to her. This one makes more sense. | |
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archer ev -
Button Buck
Marion County, Illinois
| | 07/26/2007 11:55 AM |
| | Sorry, Marcus, but yes it is. | |
If it wouldn't a been good
I wouldn't a done it. | |
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marcus99 -
Button Buck
Lore City, OH
| | 07/26/2007 12:41 PM |
| | It is a math imperfection !! | |
go Dale Jr. #88 | |
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MelSue -
Forum Administrator
Record Book
Metamora, Illinois
| | 07/26/2007 12:50 PM |
| | So the answer is,, it is a math imperfection???? | |
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overhill -
4-Pointer
N.J.
| | 07/26/2007 1:10 PM |
| I got that dollar and you are not getting it back.  So there!  | | | |
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marcus99 -
Button Buck
Lore City, OH
| | 07/26/2007 1:43 PM |
| | melsue yes that is the answer | |
go Dale Jr. #88 | |
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MelSue -
Forum Administrator
Record Book
Metamora, Illinois
| | 07/26/2007 4:43 PM |
| | ummmm.. ok we kinda got it then... archer and I,, for we knew that the first first equation was not right...... come on,, give us an A+ : ) | |
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archer ev -
Button Buck
Marion County, Illinois
| | 07/26/2007 5:11 PM |
| It is called "adding the wrong numbers together to look for a dollar that isn't missing." I got this one thirty years ago and no hotel clerk has ever short changed me.
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If it wouldn't a been good
I wouldn't a done it. | |
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rackaholic1989 -
Spike
indiana
| | 07/26/2007 9:04 PM |
| | this still confuses the heck outta me lol | |
If Its Brown It's Down! | |
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cb -
6-Pointer
| | 07/26/2007 9:45 PM |
| | This was a problem on a math quiz in High school. I got it right then. Its still a good teaser tho. | | | |
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Firepoggy -
4-Pointer
Central Iowa
| | 08/03/2007 9:33 PM |
| | Who owes me a dollar? | |
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Q2hunter -
Button Buck
Blue Ridge Mountains, Va.
| | 08/13/2007 4:26 PM |
| | I think someone got a double cheese burger from the Micky D's value menu outta that one. | |
You can run, but your gonna leave a blood trail! | |
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MelSue -
Forum Administrator
Record Book
Metamora, Illinois
| | 08/19/2007 3:55 PM |
| 25 + 2(tip) + 3(to be divided between all of them, thus making the $10 they each gave into $9)
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mc6528 -
4-Pointer
SW Arkansas
| | 08/19/2007 5:09 PM |
| I just hope I don't have to stay in a "flea-bag" hotel with two other dudes!  | |
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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rescue1224 -
Button Buck
Maryland
| | 08/20/2007 12:44 PM |
| | no more of these for me I am a little slow>> | |
PETA (People eating tasty animals) | |
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