# Thread: Where did the dollar go?

1. ## Where did the dollar go?

This isn't really homework, but something for you to think about...

Three men went to a hotel and rented a room for the night. it was $30 for the room for one night. So each man payed$10, totalling the $30. Later that evening, the receptionist realized that he had over charged them, and that the room was only$25. He gave $5 to the bellboy to give the men. The bellboy didn't know how he would give the three men equal amounts, so he gave them$3 and kept the $2 for himself. This meant that the three men payed$9 each (3x9=27) and the bellboy has $2, (27+2=29) only totalling$29. Where's the other dollar?

2. Originally Posted by Bartimaeus
This isn't really homework, but something for you to think about...

Three men went to a hotel and rented a room for the night. it was $30 for the room for one night. So each man payed$10, totalling the $30. Later that evening, the receptionist realized that he had over charged them, and that the room was only$25. He gave $5 to the bellboy to give the men. The bellboy didn't know how he would give the three men equal amounts, so he gave them$3 and kept the $2 for himself. This meant that the three men payed$9 each (3x9=27) and the bellboy has $2, (27+2=29) only totalling$29. Where's the other dollar?
This is the missing dollar problem.

RonL

3. Originally Posted by Bartimaeus
This isn't really homework, but something for you to think about...

Three men went to a hotel and rented a room for the night. it was $30 for the room for one night. So each man payed$10, totalling the $30. Later that evening, the receptionist realized that he had over charged them, and that the room was only$25. He gave $5 to the bellboy to give the men. The bellboy didn't know how he would give the three men equal amounts, so he gave them$3 and kept the $2 for himself. This meant that the three men payed$9 each (3x9=27) and the bellboy has $2, (27+2=29) only totalling$29. Where's the other dollar?
This is a golden oldie.

There is no missing dollar. Men have now payed $27,$25 for the bill and $2 to the bellboy. The other$3 are in the pockets of the men

4. Glaysher is right. If you subtract rather than add the $2 you get$25, the price of the room.