Brainteaser for the TRP crowd

[David Morris]

At $25 dollars, the men should have paid $8-1/3 dollars each.  They actually 
paid $9 dollars each.  The difference between what they paid and what they 
should have paid is $2/3 dollars each.  $2/3 x 3 = $2, which is what the 
bellboy kept.


>From: Tyrone Slothrop
>
>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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