Sunday, February 21, 2010

3 men each need a hotel room. They each ask the hotel manager for a room.?

The manager says that it would be $10 each. They give the manager $30. Later on the manager realizes he made a mistake. It would be $25 instead of $30. The manager tells the bell boy to go up and give the men back $5. Not being alble to split the $5 evenly the bell boy gives the men $3, $1 each. He decides to keep the other $2. Where is the other dollar?3 men each need a hotel room. They each ask the hotel manager for a room.?
It's not a valid question. No money is missing.





The hotel has $25.00.


The men each have $1.00.


The bellboy has $2.00.





It all adds up to $30.00.





Yes, each of the men paid $9.00 for his room. That's $27.00.


But the hotel only has $25 of it. The bellboy has the other two. And of course, the men, together, have $3.00. Again, it all adds up to $30.00.





The problem with this question is that it's asking you to add the wrong things.3 men each need a hotel room. They each ask the hotel manager for a room.?
There is no money left. Or am I retarded!?
This is a common misconception: each man ended up giving 9 dollars, and the bellhop kept 2, so that makes 29: where's the other dollar? But actually that addition is incorrect. Each man gave 9 dollars, which adds up to 27, and the bellhop pocketed the two dollars that rightfully should have gone to the MEN (which would make their contribution 25 dollars), which means the men paid two dollars extra. You SUBTRACT the 2 dollars from the 27 the men paid (because the bellhop actually cheated them; he did not ';pay part of their fare';).
Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, the love of his life is now the new emblem on a brand new white Caddy. So, he crossed the road to see if he could get some thigh. Then he himself becomes the next emblem of a big mac. That's why McDonalds started selling chicken sandwiches.





Where's the beef? Still in the field grazing. This doesn't make any sense??? who cares.
There is no money missing. Each of the men paid $10 to start with for their room. However this really doesnt matter. The problem at hand is that he was told to return 5 dollars to the men. He gave each of them one dollar and kept the other two. this adds up to the five he was told to give back, which means there is no money missing.
Initially ,each person(3) gave $10(total=$30)


when Manager returned them $5(let suppose they got it).


then per head rents=$(25/3)----------------case 1.


but they got only $1 by beell boy .


then total rent per head=$9($10-$1)------------case 2.


diff. between these cases=$9-$(25/3)=$(2/3).this amount which has not been got by each man.


so tatal amount not got =$(2/3)*3=$2


which is kept by bell boy....








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3 for the men + 2 for him =5 there is none.
Ah, yes. This is known as the classic ';missing dollar paradox.'; This is a classic case of misdirection and confusion. Rather than give the complete answer here, I refer you to the solution (see the source below):
Your trying to be tricky, by saying that the men each paid 11 dollars, the ten up front plus one. your just being a wordsmith, as my grandpappy calls it.





each man still paid ten dollars. 3*10 = 30


bell boy keeps two 30-2 = 28


each guy gets a buck = 28-3 = 25


every dollar is accounted for.
what other dollar. 25+3+2=30
In the Soda Machine.....No it's still there, but the question is meant to confuse you.
well if they bell boy gave each man $1 (that would equal $3) and he kept the other $2 (that would equal $5) There isnt anymore money to be lost. 3+2=5

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