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Mathematical ERROR..can you figure it out? ?
3 people go and get a Hotel room. It cost $30 for the room. Each person put up $10. The bell hop brings them back $5. Each person takes $1 and gives the bell hop $2. Now each person will have $9 in the room. 9x3=27+ (bell hop's $2) = $29. Where did the other dollar go?
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4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
Older than time.
The "equation" is wrong. $25 + $3 + $2
The wording sends you off in the wrong tangent, disallowing for the fact that 5 came back and is evenly distributed.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They each paid 25/3 bucks for the room and .66 for the tip. They have 3 bucks left. That's 25+(.66*3)+3 = 30.
- LaurenceLv 41 decade ago
Each paid $9 27
the hotel and the bellhop received
$27 =25+2
what extra dollar?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Bell hop stole it?