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Been posted before but for those who havent seen it.
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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does george best have it?
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Probably involved the internet....... |
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It all to do with the way we count up and down
If you try the same thing using actual object eg paperclips to represent each pound you will see what I mean |
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Men have £3
Bellboy has £2 Hotel has £25. It all adds up. You're not balancing it properly. Or to put it another way, the £2 is already accounted for in the 3 x £9 that the men have paid, the remaining £3 is in the men's pockets. |
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its probaly down the back of the sofa
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Lets be sensible now. What motel / hotel would take a currency of paperclips? Where can I find one? |
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or my answer.
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my brother-in-law, who works at the Nigerian Finance Ministry, would like to offer you the opportunity to help him recover the $1 ...
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