This will Mess With Your Head....

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?

 

Wow! I first hear this about 40 years ago!

 

It is worded wrong. $25 plus the the $1 that each man got back = $28, not $27. Add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $30.

 

The guys were out a total of $27. The $2 the bell boy kept was part of the $27.

 

Wow your reading comprehension sucks....

What is said is that each man paid $10.00. When the bellboy came back he gave them each $1.00. Making the total they paid for the room to be $9 each. 9x3 = $27.00. Its a mathematic anamoly.

 

Not really, banker boy! It's trick wording, the $2 kept by the bell boy is part of the net $27 they paid. Take it from a CPA!

 

I wasn't sure how this would go over at first, sent to me by my olé man who is 89 years old. Thought I would see how smart our community is, But I didn't realize how old this was. 40 years? I need to get out more often.

 

By my calculation each man paid $9 x 3men = $27
$2 is in the bell boys pocket and $25 is down in the lobby register.

It's cruel of you to ask about a missing dollar when you know good and well we have many members here from the Carolinas.

 

Yep! At least 40, maybe 45.

 

Yeah i know it works out and there's no extra dollar, but what i had explained to me in my accounting class (i remember this riddle because it was only like 2 yrs ago i was in this class) The teacher explained it as an Anamoly because of the way its worded.

 

I call it a misstatement of facts. deception.

 

I agree

 

The extra dollar was used by the bellboy to wipe his ****. This thing doesnt make sense.

 

The missing dollar is in the crack of Daves huge fingers... Or lost in one of the many threads dave has started and got deleted.

 

The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.

OR

The following night two friends check into the same motel. Once again the clerk charges them $30, or $15 per person. After the clerk remembers the total rate is only $25 he sends the bellhop upstairs with five $1 bills to pay the two friends back. The bellhop knows he got away with larceny once so he tries it again. But this time he pockets $3 and returns $2 to the hotel guests ($1 per guest). So each of the two guests got $1 back from their original $15. Therefore each paid $14 which is a total payment of $28 for the room. Now the bellhop has $3, the guests paid $28, for a total of $31....THERE'S THE MISSING DOLLAR!!!!