Heres a riddle. Best answer gets the points.?!


Question: Heres a riddle!. Best answer gets the points!.!?
3 people walk into a hotel!. The person at the front desk said it is 30 dollars per night so each one payed 10 dollars!. They go up to their room!. After alittle bit of tim passed, the person at the front desk realised that he over charged them by 5 dollars!. He sends a someone up there to give the 5 dollars back!. The person thinks 5 cant be divided between 3 people evently so he takes 2 dollars!. He then gives each of them 1 dollars back!. So they basicly payed 9 dollars each!. Right!. Well if you think about it 3 X 9 = 27 + 2 that the person took = 29!. What happend to the last dollar!. Person with the best answer gets the points!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


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We unravel this confusion by recognizing that there is no reason to add $2 to $27!. It should be subtracted!.

The $3 amount that has been returned to the guests is a reduction in the amount that the guests paid, so it should be subtracted from the total!. The bellhop returned $3 ($1 each), making their total payment $27 (mathematically, $30 - $3)!. Note that the $3 is subtracted from the total!. If the bellhop then changed his mind and returned the additional $2 to the guests, it would also be subtracted from the total!. The mistake is made in trying to add this $2 instead of subtracting it!. Simple math demonstrates what readers intuitively sense, that there is no missing money!. The sum of their payments is $25 in the till, $2 in the bellhop's pocket (totaling $27), plus the $3 in change that the guests now have, which brings the total up to $30!.

The incorrect solution is: ($10 - $1) x 3 + $2 = $29!. This equation is not meaningful: the number 29 is not significant to the problem, i!.e!. there is no "missing $1"!.

The correct solution is: ($10 - $1) x 3 - $2 = $25!. In this case the solution is the bill amount, which is also the amount of money left in the till!.

In other words, $27 is the amount that the guests have paid!. Of that $27, $25 went into the till and $2 went to the bellhop!. The other $3 is returned to the guests!. To restate the original problem: "$25 is in the cash register, the bellhop has $2, and the guests got $3 back!. If the guests originally handed over $30, does this add up!?" 25 + 2 + 3 = 30; yes, it does!.

This problem provides a means to understand how misdirection, and irrelevant facts and questions, can foil clear analysis!. Additionally, the tools used to resolve this paradox are used in the analysis of a wide range of financial and scientific areas!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

idk how to explain but since you multiplied instead of added you results came out wrong
10+10+10= 30
30-5= 25
5-2= 3
25+3= 28
28+2= 30Www@Enter-QA@Com

There is no "last dollar"!. The actual charge was $25!.00!. The people each got $1!.00 back, and the messenger took $2!.00!. This account for the total of $30!.00Www@Enter-QA@Com

the man stole it and fed it to the homelessWww@Enter-QA@Com

nothing happend to it!. it is just how you word the equation that makes it a riddle Www@Enter-QA@Com

wrong

$25 payment + $3 returned + $2 kept by the other guy = $30Www@Enter-QA@Com

he took itWww@Enter-QA@Com



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