Only 3% of the population can comprehend this. can you?!

Only 3% of the population can comprehend this. can you?

three men pay for a $30 hotel. they each pay $10. After they get to the room the manager realizes the room was only supposed to cost $25 so he tells the bell boy to go refund the men $5. The bell boy goes up to the room and said, well you cant split $5 between 3 people so he puts $2 in his pocket and gives each man $1. (heres where it get's tricky) since each man payed $10 and got $1 refunded to them each man payed $9. ($9x3=$27+ $2 the bell boy took=$29) so what happend to the extra dollar?

I got it! 8 + 1 = 9, but 25/3 = 8.33

5/3 = 1.66 each

8.33 + 1.66 = 10 (apx)

the boy only took $.66 from each of them.

Each share of $25 was $8.33 +$1 (refund) = $9.33.

9.33 x 3 +28 (apx) + 2 from the boy = 30


***For those of you that don't understand, it wasn't $8 + $1. It was $8.33 + $1. The dollar wasn't missing, he just didn't include the change that occurred when he divided $25 three ways (since 25 is not equally divisible by three) $.33 x 3 = $1 (someone got the extra penny)