Mathematical question

[stosstruppe]

Can someone tell me where the missing £1 has gone?

3 men go into a hotel.

The man behind the desk said the room was £30.

So each man paid £10 and went to the room.

A while later the man behind the desk realised the room was only £25 so he sent the bellboy to the mens' room with £5.

On the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split £5 evenly between the 3 men, so he gave each man £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 pound?

 

[sugarlicious]

3 x £9 does equal £27, but the £2 tip is included in that £27, so it makes no sense to add the £2 to £27 to make £29.


They paid £25 for the hotel room, £2 for the tip (£27), and then got £1 back each to make the original £30.


There is your answer

 

[ROFLMAO]

http://www.travelfurther.net/fun/hotel.htm lol

 

[stosstruppe]

3 x £9 does equal £27, but the £2 tip is included in that £27, so it makes no sense to add the £2 to £27 to make £29.

They paid £25 for the hotel room, £2 for the tip (£27), and then got £1 back each to make the original £30.

There is your answer

Nope

3 men give a cashier a £10 note each.

for an item they have gone 3rds on

The cashier then realises that the (said item) infact is only £25

So, he then takes the remaining £5 back to the 3 gents in £1 coins, which unfortunately can't be divided equally among 3 people.

He gives each man £1

then pockets £2

SO giving back £3, with £2 in his pocket making up the overpaid £5

The three men have then paid £9 each, the cashier has £2

So, £9x3 men = £27 + the £2 in the cashiers pocket = £29 although they originally paid £30 and the cashier divided the overpaid £5

Where is the pound that makes the above £30 not £29?

 

[sugarlicious]

Nope

3 men give a cashier a £10 note each.

for an item they have gone 3rds on

The cashier then realises that the (said item) infact is only £25

So, he then takes the remaining £5 back to the 3 gents in £1 coins, which unfortunately can't be divided equally among 3 people.

He gives each man £1

then pockets £2

SO giving back £3, with £2 in his pocket making up the overpaid £5

The three men have then paid £9 each, the cashier has £2

So, £9x3 men = £27 + the £2 in the cashiers pocket = £29 although they originally paid £30 and the cashier divided the overpaid £5

Where is the pound that makes the above £30 not £29?

Did you actually read my answer, that is my answer and it is correct

 

[nimbus]

Nope

3 men give a cashier a £10 note each.

for an item they have gone 3rds on

The cashier then realises that the (said item) infact is only £25

So, he then takes the remaining £5 back to the 3 gents in £1 coins, which unfortunately can't be divided equally among 3 people.

He gives each man £1

then pockets £2

SO giving back £3, with £2 in his pocket making up the overpaid £5

The three men have then paid £9 each, the cashier has £2

So, £9x3 men = £27 + the £2 in the cashiers pocket = £29 although they originally paid £30 and the cashier divided the overpaid £5

Where is the pound that makes the above £30 not £29?

the dudes didnt pay an additonal 2 pounds on top of the 27. they paid 27 pounds, and were left with 1 pound each, which makes 30. the 2 stupid pounds comes from the hotel's 27, leaving it with 25. so 25 (hotel) + 3(tourists) + 2 (bellhop) and you got all ur muniez

 

[stosstruppe]

Did you actually read my answer, that is my answer and it is correct

your working it out from the cost and not from the dividing of the change.

10 - 1 + 9

9 x 3 + 27

+ 2

= 29

The men, between them have paid 27 because of the 9x3
the bellboy has £2

which makes £29!

 

[needtogetarmy]

Did you actually read my answer, that is my answer and it is correct

The only reason why you got it right was because it was in pounds...

 

[stosstruppe]

The only reason why you got it right was because it was in pounds...

Well he hasn't got it right, which is the point, though perhaps if Samoth has a spare moment he can explain later on if no one else can seeing as it's coming across as me taking the piss

Here's a somewhat easier one for those stuck in a boring cubicle etc.;

A team of students have placed a piece of string, a continuous length, around the circumference of the Earth.

The ends of the string are pulled tight and are exactly the right length to just touch each other.

The whole length of the string is picked up by the students, thousands of them, and lifted to the height of 1 metre above the surface.

How big is the gap between the ends of the string now?

 

[nimbus]

Well he hasn't got it right, which is the point, though perhaps if Samoth has a spare moment he can explain later on if no one else can seeing as it's coming across as me taking the piss

Here's a somewhat easier one for those stuck in a boring cubicle etc.;

A team of students have placed a piece of string, a continuous length, around the circumference of the Earth.

The ends of the string are pulled tight and are exactly the right length to just touch each other.

The whole length of the string is picked up by the students, thousands of them, and lifted to the height of 1 metre above the surface.

How big is the gap between the ends of the string now?

lol @ this brat pretending nobody's answered the question. You were the kid during play gunfights in kindergarten who always magically dodged every bullet

 

[stosstruppe]

lol @ this brat pretending nobody's answered the question. You were the kid during play gunfights in kindergarten who always magically dodged every bullet

I didn't say that no one had answered the question, just that no one's answered it correctly yet Look, there's no e-shame if you can't get the answer so don't get overly upset, it's not exactly an easy lateral thinking puzzle.

And do you regularly watch me at play in the nursery ?

 

[sugarlicious]

I didn't say that no one had answered the question, just that no one's answered it correctly yet Look, there's no e-shame if you can't get the answer so don't get overly upset, it's not exactly an easy lateral thinking puzzle.

And do you regularly watch me at play in the nursery ?

Ok please tell us the answer

 

[nimbus]

I didn't say that no one had answered the question, just that no one's answered it correctly yet Look, there's no e-shame if you can't get the answer so don't get overly upset, it's not exactly an easy lateral thinking puzzle.

And do you regularly watch me at play in the nursery ?

kekekeke

 

[stosstruppe]

Ok please tell us the answer

In due time my good man, in due time!

 

[nimbus]

i was gonna make a joke about jh1 using it to blow lines, but don't single pounds only come in coin form?

 

[stosstruppe]

Lol, and yes.

 

[blut wump]

You might as well do it in this fashion:
Each man pays £30. Gets a £1 refund thus having paid £27. However, the Hotel room cost £25 and the bellhop kept £2 for himself. Where has the extra £27 pounds come from?

Sugar covered it in post #2. Someone should report the bellhop for theft or fraud.

Regarding the rope, An extra 1m in radius corresponds to an increase of 2 * PI in circumference, or about 6.28m, which would be the gap between the ends of the string. Of course, this assumes both that one can find a major circumference of the Earth that sufficiently approximates a circle and that such a circle is used in by the students. Using a lesser circumference they might simply have lifted the rope off the ground and the ends are still touching.

 

[stosstruppe]

Good show Blut Wump :

 

[Frisky]

I say just give the damn man the 5$ tip and don't even bother!

 

[Longhorn85]

Let me try this:

25 left at the desk.
5 goes upstairs. Imagine bellhop gives each man exact change (25/3 = 8.33, 10-8.33=1.67)

So each man gets 1.67 back (1.67 x 3 = 5). Then they decide to each give a tip to the bellhop of 67 cents.

.67 x 3 = 2.

So,

25 is at the front desk
3 is with the men
2 is in the bellhops pocket as a tip

25+3+2 = 30

all accounted for