Something to think about...

[_bettiepaige_]

Three men walk into a hotel and ask the manager at the front desk how much it costs for a room they could share for the night. The manager tells them it's $30 so they all chip in $10 each. The next morning while they were checking out, the manager decides to cut the price down for the three men and tells them that he'd only charge them $25 for the

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[___justbreathe]

I dont think there is an extra dollar...if out of 5 there is 3 and they gave the manager 2 and that equals 5...

and if thats not right, i cant wait to hear the right answer.

[_bettiepaige_]

I honestly posted this to find an answer as well. LOL! Some of the comments sound pretty good though. :)

[misskrisha]

each man only paid like 8.67 for his portion, so the 33 cents from each added up and made the extra dollar.

[_bettiepaige_]

I was thinking about that last night too...but there's still sounds like something is missing from the equation.

[anogete]

The answer...ta da!

The tip is included in the 27 that you get when you multiply 9 x 3. This means that you should not be adding 2 to 27. You should be adding 3, the amount the three men kept for themselves. The manager received a total of $27 for the room: $25 for the room and $2 for the tip. He got that in increments of $9 from the three men. To get back to the original $30, you have to remember that each of the three men kept $1. So, 3 x 1 is 3. Then everything works out and you aren't missing the $1. So, the equation is misleading. It should be (9 x 3) + 3 = 30. The amount each man paid multiplied by the number of men, plus the amount they received back will get you the original amount paid.

[_bettiepaige_]

Are you a math genius? You do sound like one and you're most likely correct. :) Eddie's friend, Tiny, is supposed to let us in on it sometime tonight.

[oltrelamorte]

I suck at math.

[_bettiepaige_]

Same here! :( Boooo!

[lex_bee]

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