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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: djm1964 on 22 July 2009, 22:07:09
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
OF £27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
OF £27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
Incorrect: Each man paid 1/3 of £25 for the room and 1/3 of £2 to the bellboy ... so £27 pounds in total was spent .. £9 each.. :)
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Some thing similar was posted up a few weeks ago ;)
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How the bloody hell would i know....I`m a flipping security guard not Steven Hawking!!!!!! :D :D ;D ;D ;D Plus i would of paid via my debit card as the missus keeps all the cash!!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D....Also why would i be in a hotel room with 2 other strange guys..What do you take me for???? 2 other women maybe ::) ::) if i was single(just in case swmbo reads this)..... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
OF £27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
The bell boy has the pound.
He gave EACH man £1. with the bell boy there is four men
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
OF £27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
Should read: OF £27.00, SUBTRACT THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £25.00
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
OF £27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
Should read: OF £27.00, SUBTRACT THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £25.00
Which would mean where is the £5,
somehow dont workout :-/
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Each man hasn't spent £9.00.
25/3 = 8.33
8.33 + 1.00 = 9.33
9.33 x 3 = 28.00
28.00 + 2.00= £30.00
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Or, put another way:
Before the bill is paid there is £30 in total, each man has £10.
After the bill is paid, the hotel have £25, the men have £1 each and the bellboy has £2, £30 in total.
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
£27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
Should read: OF £27.00, SUBTRACT THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £25.00
Which would mean where is the £5,
somehow dont workout :-/
It's been given back. So the three men have £1 of it and the boy has £2 of it.
(Not disagreeing with STMO; It's just another way of stating it.)
The deception comes from mixing two legitimate ways of breaking-down the problem and it's why accountants have a job!
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3 MEN GO INTO A HOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS £30.00 SO
EACH MAN PAID £10.00 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY £25.00
SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH £5.00
ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT £5.00 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A £1.00 AND KEPT THE OTHER £2.00 FOR
HIMSELF.
THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID £9.00 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL
£27.00, ADD THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £29.00
WHERE IS THE OTHER POUND? ;D ;D ;D
Should read: OF £27.00, SUBTRACT THE £2.00 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = £25.00
Which would mean where is the £5,
somehow dont workout :-/
It's been given back. So the three men have £1 of it and the boy has £2 of it.
(Not disagreeing with STMO; It's just another way of stating it.)
The deception comes from mixing two legitimate ways of breaking-down the problem and it's why accountants have a job!
The question was were is the £1 gone.
if you look it states that Each man got £1,
as there is four men thats £4 so the bell boy (Man #4) kept the last £1 so he has then £2.
so there is nothing missing.