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Originally posted by Buckshot
If you use elementary math you come up with $30 total.

$25 for room, $3.00 each person, $2 tip.

MY Alabama math may be different than math taught elsewhere.

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Originally posted by Tully
They each paid 10, got 1 in change equaling 9 a piece.
9*3 is 27.
Clerk got 2 ==== 29

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Originally posted by intellectualist
You are leaving out the step where they actually got more than $1 in change. Between that fact and the fact you are not doing the "long math" you are not getting the proper feedback as to where the dollar went!

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Where someone lost a dollar was in the room cost.

Room cost was $25/3 makes $8.3333 per person. Add the $3 refund and the $2 tip to get $30.

Each person paid $9.33 for the room and $0.67 tip.

The extra penny (you saw in the other post) is a virtual penny from the rounding not an actual penny paid out.

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it should work either way you try to figure it but thats why there is a rule you cant multiply before you subtract on probelms like this 30 bucks for the room subtract 5 is 25 then add 1 a piece for the 3 bucks he gave back is 28 plus his 2 he kept is 30

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the answer to ur question is.....

Just go hunting an forget about it! LMAO! yall got me totatly confused after reading this lol

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Originally posted by Runningdeer
Where someone lost a dollar was in the room cost.

Room cost was $25/3 makes $8.3333 per person. Add the $3 refund and the $2 tip to get $30.

Each person paid $9.33 for the room and $0.67 tip.

The extra penny (you saw in the other post) is a virtual penny from the rounding not an actual penny paid out.

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Thank you! Finally someone sees it as I do.

I heard this problem years ago and thought I had it figured out, now you guys are making me second guess myself!

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Im looking at it in a simple way.........they actually paid $27 for the room which inluded a $2 tip........3x9=27 then got $3 change or $1 each which equals the $30.

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This is a math anomaly that has intrigued many people through the ages.

If we look it in word form: Three guys pay 10 which equals 30. the clerk returns five and they only take 3 and return 2 for a tip. if we change this to an equation it would look like the following.

3x10=30-3=27/3=9x3=27+2=29

If you look at it as the 3 people are a whole the equation would change and it would be possible to figure the equation with basic math, as in the following.

3x10=30-5+3+2=30

The way the equation is written is what makes the equation a mathematical anomaly!

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thanks for the headache!

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really, this is that confusing to you all???


They paid 25 for the room. plus a $2 tip. that's $27. and they each paid $9. 9x3=27.

27=27 where I come from....

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they must have been staying in a dump. lol

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The fallacy is created by adding the 2 dollar tip to the total the three guys paid because the 2 dollars is in the 9 dollars each paid not in addition to what they paid. 25 + 2 = 27 or 3 x 9. The difference between that 27 dollars and the 30 originally given to the clerk is the 3 dollars the guys got back. Good puzzler to work a tired brain.

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i'd hate to see the roach motel they stayed at for $ 25 dollars ! and it appears that somebody will be sharing a bed !!!

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There is no "last" dollar; 3 bucks back to the 25 makes 28 and the clerks 2 makes 30

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change to higher dollar amounts and its easier to figure out.

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Originally posted by patches9452
it should work either way you try to figure it but thats why there is a rule you cant multiply before you subtract on probelms like this 30 bucks for the room subtract 5 is 25 then add 1 a piece for the 3 bucks he gave back is 28 plus his 2 he kept is 30

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The dollar didn't vanish..... Obama got it!!!! Taxes!!!! Starting to see why so many arguments happen in the woods during comp hunts. Lol

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There is no vanishing dollar.
original bill...............30.00
refund..................... 5.00
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The men paid............. 25.00
gave .......................... 2.00 tip to the clerk
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total paid for the room 27.00 ~ 3 = 9.00 each paid

the other 3.00 is in their pockets

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The politicians took it and thought we would not notice!!!

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wow, you think losing a dollar is bad? Imagine if 4 guys rented a room for $40 but it was only really $35 so the clerk gave them 5 ones back, they each got one and gave the clerk the left over dollar. They "paid" $9 each right? $9 X 4 = $36 + $1 tip HOLY SMOKES THEY LOST THREE DOLLARS!!!!!

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