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| Where did the Money Go?!; "how can this happen" Riddle... | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 12 2006, 04:15 AM (255 Views) | |
| joel_un | Jul 12 2006, 04:15 AM Post #1 |
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3 men went into a motel. The clerk said the room was $30, so each man paid $10 and went into the room. Later, the clerk realized that the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to their room with $5. On the way, the bellboy could not figure out how to split the $5 evenly among the 3 men. So, he gave each man $1 and kept the remaining $2 for himself. 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. Where is the other dollar? Good Luck..... 
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| clementsls | Jul 12 2006, 09:40 PM Post #2 |
 
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i heard tis question b4!! hmm.. oo.. in drill camp... but i dunno the answer lar.. hehe... wo kueh giv de question.. |
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r u sure or r u confidence 2 say now tat, BB is the best? pls never judge on wad u c.. watch on the process 1st, den the result..  
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| nigelsim | Jul 12 2006, 10:00 PM Post #3 |
 
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amazing ques~ hahaha... cant figure it out though~ |
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| SoftcorePunk | Jul 12 2006, 10:17 PM Post #4 |
 
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there is sumthing called as Government tax
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| ben poh tze lik | Jul 12 2006, 10:49 PM Post #5 |
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taz ur head ar..hehe.service charge ar |
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| lianshen | Jul 12 2006, 11:06 PM Post #6 |
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u dun have to say ur WO Dennis TAZ UR HEAD eh !!!! so impolite..we know that this is forum and doesnt mean that we dun have to be not respecting our 'senior or sir or anyone' in the forum.. maybe u dun feel anything when ppl say u la... but who knows the person u're saying cannot tahan your 'chau' kuan for not respecting ppl ? think before you write |
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| Yeong | Jul 12 2006, 11:13 PM Post #7 |
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yea.. you are right!! |
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| lianshen | Jul 12 2006, 11:14 PM Post #8 |
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anyway..back to the question.. they shoudn't ask the question like this hehe when the bellboy give the $1 back to every guy that means every guy paid the $9 so $9x3=$27 the clerk said that the fee for the room is $25 so..the question is abit making ppl confuse hehe and im not that 'confuse ' yet hehe so when the bellboy give the $1 to every guy the bellboy is abit 'suku' so...the bellboy should give $2 to two guys and $1 to one guy and everything will be done haha dunno u guys get it o not hehe |
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| Yeong | Jul 12 2006, 11:17 PM Post #9 |
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lolzzz what a lame answer.. -.-'' 
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| lianshen | Jul 12 2006, 11:20 PM Post #10 |
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hmm..i think that's the answer although it is lame !!! |
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| Yeong | Jul 12 2006, 11:29 PM Post #11 |
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you where got say tiok answer?? |
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| LvIN | Jul 12 2006, 11:42 PM Post #12 |
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no one can answer the question... u see...each paid 9 n total is $27 right? no wrong. but...the $2 kept by the bellboy suppose to be return to those 3 men right? means...$27 - $2 = $25 the rate is $25, they paid $30 suppose they will have $5 returned with only a total of $25 paid but only $3 returned... means they paid...$30 - $3 = $27 totally, with $2 for the bellboy(he kept $2) n 25 for the room therefore, 3 of them pay a total of $27 it has nothing to do with $30 it's tricky,
it can also be explained that... $ received by men is positive sign n $ paid by men is negative sign... they paid $30 = - $30 n received $ 3 = $3 totally they paid... - $30 + $3 = -$27 they paid 27... i remind u, paid is negative ok? therefore... they paid $25 for motel n $2 for bellboy...... -$27 = - $25 - $2 but the question there says..."add the $2......" which is wrong question. the addition of $2 is already in the total of $27... suppose that they pay $25 but the bellboy kept the $2 so all together they paid $25+$2=$27 $30 split like this... $3 to 3 men $2 to bellboy $25 for room
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| joel_un | Jul 13 2006, 01:43 PM Post #13 |
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LoLZz.... acsh@syw answered it right..............  well, to make it simpler.................. They spent $30 for the room $3 come back.............. $2 is with the bell boy.... so that $3 and $2 = $5 The $5 come back already.... so $30 - $5.... the room costs $25... The last line was made to confuse us only.......
Instead of "ADD" the $2, should be "Subtract" so the 3 ppl paid $25 for the room... |
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| SoftcorePunk | Jul 13 2006, 01:52 PM Post #14 |
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so confused for wat ler??wat for going to cheap hotel???hahaha.......go Hilton or merdeka palace mah..at least the price is fixed n good services........ hahaha
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| lianshen | Jul 13 2006, 02:02 PM Post #15 |
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hmm..nice answer for alvin? haha =) |
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