(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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.

25 for room

30 paid

taken 5

received 3

stolen 2

3+2+5

Paid 25

25+5=30

9x3=27

I cant believe you read this you retard