Ok so absolutely NO ONE replied to last week's topic. Maybe people were sick of the ordeal, as it was also discussed in other parts of the forums. I can deal. So this week I go to something completely different. While I love this little problem, it is more a mind game than a debate. Still, check it out!
Three sales-people are out on business and stop in at a local hotel for the evening. The bell hop takes their bags and also takes care of the fee for their stay. He tells them that the price for three people is $30. He collects an even thirty dollars, runs the bags to the room, and takes the money to the boss.
The boss is angry, for he is running an advertised sale. The cost for three people over-nite is $25, not $30. He scolds the bell hop and tells him he needs to go refund the remaining $5. The bell hop, pouting on his way back to the room thinks to himself 'I am no dummy, hell they didn't even TIP me, I am only refunding them a buck each', and places the remaining into his pocket. He gets away with the loot, punishment-free.
So I ask you all this...
How much did each guest pay for his/her room?
Well, each originally paid $10, however each was refunded a dollar, so $9.
The bellhop kept $2 for himself.
3 x $9 = $27
Add the $2 in the bell hops pocket and we get $29.
Where is the missing dollar?
Three sales-people are out on business and stop in at a local hotel for the evening. The bell hop takes their bags and also takes care of the fee for their stay. He tells them that the price for three people is $30. He collects an even thirty dollars, runs the bags to the room, and takes the money to the boss.
The boss is angry, for he is running an advertised sale. The cost for three people over-nite is $25, not $30. He scolds the bell hop and tells him he needs to go refund the remaining $5. The bell hop, pouting on his way back to the room thinks to himself 'I am no dummy, hell they didn't even TIP me, I am only refunding them a buck each', and places the remaining into his pocket. He gets away with the loot, punishment-free.
So I ask you all this...
How much did each guest pay for his/her room?
Well, each originally paid $10, however each was refunded a dollar, so $9.
The bellhop kept $2 for himself.
3 x $9 = $27
Add the $2 in the bell hops pocket and we get $29.
Where is the missing dollar?