Brainteaser for the TRP crowd
Tyrone Slothrop
lieutenanttyroneslothrop at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 9 14:02:58 CDT 2000
THE MISSING DOLLAR!
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 AND KEPT THE OTHER $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???????????
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