Need some help with this riddle

[Tsaico]

A guy in my workplace gave me this riddle:

Three guys go to a hotel for a buisness trip. The room costs $20 dollars, and an additional $10 for a roll-a-way. They each give ten bucks to pay the fees. Later that night, the manager sees they should have only paid $5 for the roll-a-way and tells a bellman to return $5 to the room. When he gets there, he decides to keep $2 so he can just give ech of them $1. So that means each of them paid $10-1=$9. But if the bellman only took $2, where did the extra money go? 3x$9=$27+$2=$30

At first I was saying the extra money was the 5 bucks. Since it was being split, not the total cost that is in the riddle. But it still doesn't seem to make sense if they each got a dollar back, then they each did pay 9 bucks. So why does it not add up? Can someone explain it to this dumb ATOTer?

 

[stan394]

so each of them paid $9, the manager kept 25, the bellboy kept 2. what's the problem?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Paging Son of a n00b..

 

[dullard]

The customers paid 3*$9 = $27.

The hotel collected $25, and the bellman collected $2. $2 + $25 = $27.

There is no mising money.

 

[HN]

Homework! ahhhhhh
*head explodes*

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: Tsaico
A guy in my workplace gave me this riddle:

Three guys go to a hotel for a buisness trip. The room costs $20 dollars, and an additional $10 for a roll-a-way. They each give ten bucks to pay the fees. Later that night, the manager sees they should have only paid $5 for the roll-a-way and tells a bellman to return $5 to the room. When he gets there, he decides to keep $2 so he can just give ech of them $1. So that means each of them paid $10-1=$9. But if the bellman only took $2, where did the extra money go? 3x$9=$27+$2=$30

At first I was saying the extra money was the 5 bucks. Since it was being split, not the total cost that is in the riddle. But it still doesn't seem to make sense if they each got a dollar back, then they each did pay 9 bucks. So why does it not add up? Can someone explain it to this dumb ATOTer?

Math class FTW!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Person 1 -> $10
Person 2 -> $10
Person 3 -> $10
----
Total -> $30

Fee supposed to only be $25 ($20 + $5 for roll-a-way)

Bellman owes back $5. Bellman keeps $2, gives back $3. $2+$3 = $5.

$30 - $5 = $25

What's the problem?

 

[BigJ]

It's the classic misworded change riddle.

 

[imported_LoKe]

The problem is, they didn't each pay $9.

They paid $30 - $5 = $25. Not $27.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: LoKe
The problem is, they didn't each pay $9.

They paid $30 - $5 = $25. Not $27.

Um, you've got it wrong LoKe. They each paid $10, and each got $1 back. So they each paid $9.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: LoKe
The problem is, they didn't each pay $9.

They paid $30 - $5 = $25. Not $27.

Um, you've got it wrong LoKe. They each paid $10, and each got $1 back. So they each paid $9.

Meh, my post above that shows it correctly.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: LoKe
The problem is, they didn't each pay $9.

They paid $30 - $5 = $25. Not $27.

Um, you've got it wrong LoKe. They each paid $10, and each got $1 back. So they each paid $9.

They paid $9 each.

($10 paid - $1 refund) * 3 => 9 * 3 = $27. The hotel kept $25. $27-25 = $2, which the bellboy pocketed.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Meh, my post above that shows it correctly.

Correct. That is why I was confused by your second incorrect post.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: LoKe
Meh, my post above that shows it correctly.

Correct. That is why I was confused by your second incorrect post.

Trying to explain it as simply as possible got me a little confused. 😀

 

[Schfifty Five]

DAMMIT, not another thread about this damn riddle. And waht makes it even worse, it's been retranslated so many times its a different story now.