Posted by Ominojacu plus the two dollar tip equals twenty-nine ~false, they did not add another two dollars to their expense it came out of the nine dollars they already spent 25 for the room 2 for the tip 27 dollars, The remaining three dollars of the original 30 is the dollar each took back, so another dollar doesn't exist.
on November 11, 2005, 4:02 am, in reply to "$30 riddle"
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: Three men are travelling and stop at a motel
: for the night. The manager tells them he has
: only one room left and it costs thirty
: dollars for the night. Each of the three
: give him ten dollars and go to their room.
: After they've left, the manager realizes
: that the room he gave them only costs
: twenty-five dollars and goes to the room to
: return the remaining five dollars. The men
: decide rather than try to divide five by
: three, that they'll each take a dollar and
: tip the manager the remaining two dollars.
: Since they each gave ten dollars, and
: received back a dollar each, they've each
: spent nine dollars on the room. Three times
: nine equals twenty-seven, plus the two
: dollar tip equals twenty-nine. What happened
: to the other dollar?
:
Since they each gave ten dollars, and received back a dollar each, they've each spent nine dollars on the room.~ true
Three times nine equals twenty-seven ~also true this what they paid on the room and the tip.
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