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09-17-2010, 09:40 PM
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sean03291
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Three brothers are taking a trip. On the trip they decide to stop at a hotel.
The hotel clerk tells them that the room costs $30, so each of the three brothers pays $10.
After they walk away the clerk, realizes that he overcharged them by 5 dollars. So he hands the bellhop five 1 dollar bills and tells him to bring it to the brothers.
On the way to the room he wonders how am I going to split five 1 dollar bill between three people. So he decides to keep 2 dollars and give the brothers only three back.
So now that each brother got 1 dollar back that means they all only paid 9 dollars each.
Since the brothers paid 9 dollars that means they paid 27, for the room. (9X3=27)
The bellhop only kept 2 dollars. 27+2=29.
Where's the missing dollar.
09-17-2010, 09:51 PM
#4
Kidd Cold
**** my Toaster !~!
Originally posted by sean03291
Ok here's the deal my Marketing teacher asked this question in class and I cannot figure out.
Three brothers are taking a trip. On the trip they decide to stop at a hotel.
The hotel clerk tells them that the room costs $30, so each of the three brothers pays $10.
After they walk away the clerk says, realizes that he overcharged them by 5 dollars. So he hands the bellhop five 1 dollar bills and tells him to bring it to the boys.
On the way to the room he wonders how am I going split five 1 dollar bill between three people. So he thinks to himself why not pocket two and give them three they'll never know, so he does giving each brother 1 dollar and keeping two for himself.
So now that each brother got 1 dollar back that means they all only paid 9 dollars each.
Since the brothers paid 9 dollars that means they paid 27, for the room. (9X3=27)
The bellhop only kept 2 dollars. 27+2=29.
Where's the missing dollar.
Three brothers are taking a trip. On the trip they decide to stop at a hotel.
The hotel clerk tells them that the room costs $30, so each of the three brothers pays $10.
After they walk away the clerk says, realizes that he overcharged them by 5 dollars. So he hands the bellhop five 1 dollar bills and tells him to bring it to the boys.
On the way to the room he wonders how am I going split five 1 dollar bill between three people. So he thinks to himself why not pocket two and give them three they'll never know, so he does giving each brother 1 dollar and keeping two for himself.
So now that each brother got 1 dollar back that means they all only paid 9 dollars each.
Since the brothers paid 9 dollars that means they paid 27, for the room. (9X3=27)
The bellhop only kept 2 dollars. 27+2=29.
Where's the missing dollar.
simple it's set up wrong..$30-$5=$25.. so the $3 from the brothers and $2 from the bell hop=$5... $5+$25=$30! technically speaking the brothers each paid $8.33
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09-17-2010, 09:54 PM
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Jomow
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Before Check In guest 1 has $10 guest 2 has $10 guest 3 has $10 cashier has $0 bellhop has $0 total is $30
After Check In guest1 has $0 guest 2 has $0 guest 3 has $0 cashier has $30 bellhop has $0 total is $30
After the Bellhop guest 1 has $1 guest 2 has $1 guest 3 has $1 cashier has $25 bellhop has $2 total is $30
After Check In guest1 has $0 guest 2 has $0 guest 3 has $0 cashier has $30 bellhop has $0 total is $30
After the Bellhop guest 1 has $1 guest 2 has $1 guest 3 has $1 cashier has $25 bellhop has $2 total is $30
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09-17-2010, 10:17 PM
#7
Jomow
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Originally posted by sean03291
Ok here's the deal my Marketing teacher asked this question in class and I cannot figure out.
Three brothers are taking a trip. On the trip they decide to stop at a hotel.
The hotel clerk tells them that the room costs $30, so each of the three brothers pays $10.
After they walk away the clerk, realizes that he overcharged them by 5 dollars. So he hands the bellhop five 1 dollar bills and tells him to bring it to the brothers.
On the way to the room he wonders how am I going to split five 1 dollar bill between three people. So he decides to keep 2 dollars and give the brothers only three back.
So now that each brother got 1 dollar back that means they all only paid 9 dollars each.
Since the brothers paid 9 dollars that means they paid 27, for the room. (9X3=27)
The bellhop only kept 2 dollars. 27+2=29.
Where's the missing dollar.
Three brothers are taking a trip. On the trip they decide to stop at a hotel.
The hotel clerk tells them that the room costs $30, so each of the three brothers pays $10.
After they walk away the clerk, realizes that he overcharged them by 5 dollars. So he hands the bellhop five 1 dollar bills and tells him to bring it to the brothers.
On the way to the room he wonders how am I going to split five 1 dollar bill between three people. So he decides to keep 2 dollars and give the brothers only three back.
So now that each brother got 1 dollar back that means they all only paid 9 dollars each.
Since the brothers paid 9 dollars that means they paid 27, for the room. (9X3=27)
The bellhop only kept 2 dollars. 27+2=29.
Where's the missing dollar.
Read my above post, proved it.
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09-17-2010, 10:32 PM
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NeedaLifeSoon
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