This will mess with your head...

[rozenarmada]

3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS $30, SO
EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.

A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO
HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.

ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1

Comments

[anonymous]

THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.
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There is no missing dollar. The room cost 25.

A+B+C=total room cost

A= 10 B =10 C=10

subtract one from each you have

27. But the room costs 25

Subtract -2 the bellboy has to have 25

Or think about it this way: If the total they had paid was 27, why would you add the bellboys $2 and not the $3 the men got back?

[rozenarmada]

Ah! That makes sense...

I kinda came up with the same "there was no missing dollar" answer but I wasn't sure.

This is what I get for reading chain letters. -.-;