riddle....no one i know can figure this out

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291
3x9 = 27. If you add the 3 dollars that the bellboy gave back, that makes 30 essentially meaning 3x10. What the bellboy is holding is their change, not the difference.

You are wrong, completely wrong.

$25 for the room. $3 is given back = $28. The bell-boy pocketed $2. $28+$2=$30.

Fool! you just repeated what I just said backwards.
They paid 3x10. the bellboy gave back 1 dollars each making it 3x9. They are still owed 2 dollars change for a 25 dollar room, which the bellboy is holding.

You are still wrong.

They paid $30. Room was really $25. $5 is to be given back. Each man gets $1. That is $28. The bell-boy keeps $2. That is $30.

your method equals $29 not $30. You are thinking of removing 1 dollar for ech man from 10. This is $27 by your method. Bellboy still has $2. This is only $29.

Your math is in error.

Face it, you've been PWNED.

actually, no he's right....in fact you're both right, just that you both are saying it in diff. ways.

Ok, so Yoda's way was saying....the 3 men, THINK they paid $27 ($9 from each). In their hands, they hold $3 ($1 for each man), thus in their minds that is a total of $30!

In the mind of the hotel manager, he got paid $25 (he's happy), bell boy has $5. That's a total of $30!

Bellboy's mind, he has $2, each man has $3, hotel manager has $25, total = $30!

OMGWTF THEY ALL EQUAL $30....IRON WOODE YOU GOT PWNED IN YOUR UGLY FACE!!!

 

[raanemaan]

Originally posted by: 95SS
Hotel owner - $25
Each person - $1
Bellboy - $2

25+(3*1)+2=30.

All accounted for.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291
3x9 = 27. If you add the 3 dollars that the bellboy gave back, that makes 30 essentially meaning 3x10. What the bellboy is holding is their change, not the difference.

You are wrong, completely wrong.

$25 for the room. $3 is given back = $28. The bell-boy pocketed $2. $28+$2=$30.

Fool! you just repeated what I just said backwards.
They paid 3x10. the bellboy gave back 1 dollars each making it 3x9. They are still owed 2 dollars change for a 25 dollar room, which the bellboy is holding.

You are still wrong.

They paid $30. Room was really $25. $5 is to be given back. Each man gets $1. That is $28. The bell-boy keeps $2. That is $30.

your method equals $29 not $30. You are thinking of removing 1 dollar for ech man from 10. This is $27 by your method. Bellboy still has $2. This is only $29.

Your math is in error.

Face it, you've been PWNED.

wow, you are really stupid. Obviously you don't understand the problem or you don't understand Yoda's reasoning...read my post above this one...you'll hopefuly understand.

Yes, you can say that you remove $1 for each man from $10. That is $27 correct. Bellboy does have $2 yes, but that's part of the $27. Hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2 = $27. I must say it again, Iron Woode is a freakin moron.

...although he did get the problem correct but fails to understand it from a different angle.

 

[icejunkie]

You morons. Why would any motel with a room for $30 a night actually give them back the $5? I'd have that manager murdered and thrown in a fire... Thus, the money didn't disappear, and that last dollar is up the bellboy's ass, he's trying to hide the extra tips he's getting...

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291
3x9 = 27. If you add the 3 dollars that the bellboy gave back, that makes 30 essentially meaning 3x10. What the bellboy is holding is their change, not the difference.

You are wrong, completely wrong.

$25 for the room. $3 is given back = $28. The bell-boy pocketed $2. $28+$2=$30.

Fool! you just repeated what I just said backwards.
They paid 3x10. the bellboy gave back 1 dollars each making it 3x9. They are still owed 2 dollars change for a 25 dollar room, which the bellboy is holding.

You are still wrong.

They paid $30. Room was really $25. $5 is to be given back. Each man gets $1. That is $28. The bell-boy keeps $2. That is $30.

your method equals $29 not $30. You are thinking of removing 1 dollar for ech man from 10. This is $27 by your method. Bellboy still has $2. This is only $29.

Your math is in error.

Face it, you've been PWNED.

wow, you are really stupid. Obviously you don't understand the problem or you don't understand Yoda's reasoning...read my post above this one...you'll hopefuly understand.

Yes, you can say that you remove $1 for each man from $10. That is $27 correct. Bellboy does have $2 yes, but that's part of the $27. Hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2 = $27. I must say it again, Iron Woode is a freakin moron.

...although he did get the problem correct but fails to understand it from a different angle.

I understand the problem, Yoda doesn't. Neither do you.

Sorry, but you are the moron.

3x9 = 27. Got it? The men received their 3 dollars. Therefore they paid 9 each for the room instead of 10. Bellboy kept 2. Add that together and you have 29. So please explain how 29 = 30. Ahh, but the OP didn't post the riddle correctly either.

Real answer is 30 - 5 = 25. Each man gets 1, 3 x 1 = 3. 25 + 3 = 28. Bellboy kept 2. 28 + 2 = 30.

That's the answer. The correct answer.

Now piss off.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291
3x9 = 27. If you add the 3 dollars that the bellboy gave back, that makes 30 essentially meaning 3x10. What the bellboy is holding is their change, not the difference.

You are wrong, completely wrong.

$25 for the room. $3 is given back = $28. The bell-boy pocketed $2. $28+$2=$30.

Fool! you just repeated what I just said backwards.
They paid 3x10. the bellboy gave back 1 dollars each making it 3x9. They are still owed 2 dollars change for a 25 dollar room, which the bellboy is holding.

You are still wrong.

They paid $30. Room was really $25. $5 is to be given back. Each man gets $1. That is $28. The bell-boy keeps $2. That is $30.

your method equals $29 not $30. You are thinking of removing 1 dollar for ech man from 10. This is $27 by your method. Bellboy still has $2. This is only $29.

Your math is in error.

Face it, you've been PWNED.

wow, you are really stupid. Obviously you don't understand the problem or you don't understand Yoda's reasoning...read my post above this one...you'll hopefuly understand.

Yes, you can say that you remove $1 for each man from $10. That is $27 correct. Bellboy does have $2 yes, but that's part of the $27. Hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2 = $27. I must say it again, Iron Woode is a freakin moron.

...although he did get the problem correct but fails to understand it from a different angle.

I understand the problem, Yoda doesn't. Neither do you.

Sorry, but you are the moron.

3x9 = 27. Got it? The men received their 3 dollars. Therefore they paid 9 each for the room instead of 10. Bellboy kept 2. Add that together and you have 29. So please explain how 29 = 30. Ahh, but the OP didn't post the riddle correctly either.

Real answer is 30 - 5 = 25. Each man gets 1, 3 x 1 = 3. 25 + 3 = 28. Bellboy kept 2. 28 + 2 = 30.

That's the answer. The correct answer.

Now piss off.

hey fvcktard...you're the moron...I already explained it correctly like 3 times and you still keep saying hte wrong fscking thing.

See that bolded part in your post? That's where you keep assuming that's what we're saying which we aren't!

3 men, $9 each. We both agree on that. That equals $27.

Bellboy has $2, corect, HOWEVER WE AREN'T FSCKING ADDING THE $27 W/ THE $2 YOU MORON.

Godddammit read my other posts above. listen up ok?

In the minds of the 3 men, they paid $27 total (they each have $1). So who has the $27? Well they think the hotel manager has $27, but really he has $25 and bellboy has $2...doesn't matter really since $27 = $27.

Now where do we say we add $27 + $2.....no where. If you bothered to look at our math or even understand the problem you would realize that our math and logic are sound and perfect. Anyone who understands this problem will agree with me and Yoda and see you as a dimwitted dumbass. NOW YOU PISS OFF D!CK

 

[HonkeyDonk]

fsck it......i'm not gonna argue w/ iron woode anymore, he's too stupid to realize that what i'm saying and what yoda saying is the same thing as what he's saying.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291
3x9 = 27. If you add the 3 dollars that the bellboy gave back, that makes 30 essentially meaning 3x10. What the bellboy is holding is their change, not the difference.

You are wrong, completely wrong.

$25 for the room. $3 is given back = $28. The bell-boy pocketed $2. $28+$2=$30.

Fool! you just repeated what I just said backwards.
They paid 3x10. the bellboy gave back 1 dollars each making it 3x9. They are still owed 2 dollars change for a 25 dollar room, which the bellboy is holding.

You are still wrong.

They paid $30. Room was really $25. $5 is to be given back. Each man gets $1. That is $28. The bell-boy keeps $2. That is $30.

your method equals $29 not $30. You are thinking of removing 1 dollar for ech man from 10. This is $27 by your method. Bellboy still has $2. This is only $29.

Your math is in error.

Face it, you've been PWNED.

wow, you are really stupid. Obviously you don't understand the problem or you don't understand Yoda's reasoning...read my post above this one...you'll hopefuly understand.

Yes, you can say that you remove $1 for each man from $10. That is $27 correct. Bellboy does have $2 yes, but that's part of the $27. Hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2 = $27. I must say it again, Iron Woode is a freakin moron.

...although he did get the problem correct but fails to understand it from a different angle.

I understand the problem, Yoda doesn't. Neither do you.

Sorry, but you are the moron.

3x9 = 27. Got it? The men received their 3 dollars. Therefore they paid 9 each for the room instead of 10. Bellboy kept 2. Add that together and you have 29. So please explain how 29 = 30. Ahh, but the OP didn't post the riddle correctly either.

Real answer is 30 - 5 = 25. Each man gets 1, 3 x 1 = 3. 25 + 3 = 28. Bellboy kept 2. 28 + 2 = 30.

That's the answer. The correct answer.

Now piss off.

hey fvcktard...you're the moron...I already explained it correctly like 3 times and you still keep saying hte wrong fscking thing.

See that bolded part in your post? That's where you keep assuming that's what we're saying which we aren't!

3 men, $9 each. We both agree on that. That equals $27.

Bellboy has $2, corect, HOWEVER WE AREN'T FSCKING ADDING THE $27 W/ THE $2 YOU MORON.

Godddammit read my other posts above. listen up ok?

In the minds of the 3 men, they paid $27 total (they each have $1). So who has the $27? Well they think the hotel manager has $27, but really he has $25 and bellboy has $2...doesn't matter really since $27 = $27.

Now where do we say we add $27 + $2.....no where. If you bothered to look at our math or even understand the problem you would realize that our math and logic are sound and perfect. Anyone who understands this problem will agree with me and Yoda and see you as a dimwitted dumbass. NOW YOU PISS OFF D!CK

LOL

 

[ArmenK]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: yoda291
3x9 = 27. If you add the 3 dollars that the bellboy gave back, that makes 30 essentially meaning 3x10. What the bellboy is holding is their change, not the difference.

You are wrong, completely wrong.

$25 for the room. $3 is given back = $28. The bell-boy pocketed $2. $28+$2=$30.

Fool! you just repeated what I just said backwards.
They paid 3x10. the bellboy gave back 1 dollars each making it 3x9. They are still owed 2 dollars change for a 25 dollar room, which the bellboy is holding.

You are still wrong.

They paid $30. Room was really $25. $5 is to be given back. Each man gets $1. That is $28. The bell-boy keeps $2. That is $30.

your method equals $29 not $30. You are thinking of removing 1 dollar for ech man from 10. This is $27 by your method. Bellboy still has $2. This is only $29.

Your math is in error.

Face it, you've been PWNED.

wow, you are really stupid. Obviously you don't understand the problem or you don't understand Yoda's reasoning...read my post above this one...you'll hopefuly understand.

Yes, you can say that you remove $1 for each man from $10. That is $27 correct. Bellboy does have $2 yes, but that's part of the $27. Hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2 = $27. I must say it again, Iron Woode is a freakin moron.

...although he did get the problem correct but fails to understand it from a different angle.

I understand the problem, Yoda doesn't. Neither do you.

Sorry, but you are the moron.

3x9 = 27. Got it? The men received their 3 dollars. Therefore they paid 9 each for the room instead of 10. Bellboy kept 2. Add that together and you have 29. So please explain how 29 = 30. Ahh, but the OP didn't post the riddle correctly either.

Real answer is 30 - 5 = 25. Each man gets 1, 3 x 1 = 3. 25 + 3 = 28. Bellboy kept 2. 28 + 2 = 30.

That's the answer. The correct answer.

Now piss off.

you just pwned yourself.

 

[thraashman]

This is a neat riddle, but relatively simple. The trick is that it is a RIDDLE, not a MATH PROBLEM. Riddles are intentionally worded in a way to make your mind work away from the answer instead of towards it. To solve any riddle, you have to first figure out how the riddle is trying to trick you.

This is what was originally posted

Three guys go into a hotel and a room for all three of them costs $25 a night.
They only need to stay for one night.
They dont want to split $25 into 3, so they each pay $10 and go up to their room.
The hotel owner doesnt want to keep their $5 change, so he sends a bell boy up to their room to give it to them.
The bell boy doesnt want to split $5 into 3, so he keeps $2 and gives each of them $1.
Now each of them, after getting their change payed $9. $9 x 3 is $27, + the bell boy's $2 is $29.
Where is the last dollar?

Now here's the trick and I'll make the explanation as clear as I can so everyone gets it.

Now each of them, after getting their change payed $9. $9 x 3 is $27, + the bell boy's $2 is $29.

That line is where the riddle tries to throw you off. $9 x 3 is indeed $27. and if you added the bellboy's $2, you would have $29, but you can't add the Bellboy's $2 because it's included in the $27. Think this way, they paid $27 total. Now of that $27, the bellboy has $2 and the hotel owner has $25. That makes $27. Where is the other $3? Each guy is now holding $1, and $1 x 3 = $3. So, hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2, and each guy has $1.

$25 + $2 + $1 + $1 + $1 = $30.

It appears so hard because you start out with the wrong constants. I realize others have already stated this, but I'm trying to make it as clear as I can for everyone.

Hope that clears it up for everyone.

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: thraashman
This is a neat riddle, but relatively simple. The trick is that it is a RIDDLE, not a MATH PROBLEM. Riddles are intentionally worded in a way to make your mind work away from the answer instead of towards it. To solve any riddle, you have to first figure out how the riddle is trying to trick you.

This is what was originally posted

Three guys go into a hotel and a room for all three of them costs $25 a night.
They only need to stay for one night.
They dont want to split $25 into 3, so they each pay $10 and go up to their room.
The hotel owner doesnt want to keep their $5 change, so he sends a bell boy up to their room to give it to them.
The bell boy doesnt want to split $5 into 3, so he keeps $2 and gives each of them $1.
Now each of them, after getting their change payed $9. $9 x 3 is $27, + the bell boy's $2 is $29.
Where is the last dollar?

Now here's the trick and I'll make the explanation as clear as I can so everyone gets it.

Now each of them, after getting their change payed $9. $9 x 3 is $27, + the bell boy's $2 is $29.

That line is where the riddle tries to throw you off. $9 x 3 is indeed $27. and if you added the bellboy's $2, you would have $29, but you can't add the Bellboy's $2 because it's included in the $27. Think this way, they paid $27 total. Now of that $27, the bellboy has $2 and the hotel owner has $25. That makes $27. Where is the other $3? Each guy is now holding $1, and $1 x 3 = $3. So, hotel manager has $25, bellboy has $2, and each guy has $1.

$25 + $2 + $1 + $1 + $1 = $30.

It appears so hard because you start out with the wrong constants. I realize others have already stated this, but I'm trying to make it as clear as I can for everyone.

Hope that clears it up for everyone.

I think we all get it. I believe it's just Iron Woode assuming this crazy wacky addition of 2 dollars happening when, in no circumstance, does it actually happen. Simply, we reduce the problem from where is the 30 dollars, to where is the 27 dollars. After the men all get a dollar back, the 30 dollars no longer comes into play, however, woode keeps trying to add the two dollars and point that I'm wrong when we're not even trying to make 30 dollars anymore. It's like watching a horse trying to mate a walrus, he keeps doing the same thing over and over and over and never stops to think...maybe he's doing the wrong thing.

 

[thraashman]

I noticed that most people seemed to get it. I just was trying to simplify it as best I can. Also this way I get to post an answer when I came up with it without reading everyone else's posts, I just checked the thread later.

And Yoda, I enjoy your quotes, they gave me a good laugh. Man I've been gone from these forums too long.

 

[BullyCanadian]

oppps

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

This is almost as bad as the .9999... = 1 thread(s).

 

[ShadowBlade]

thank you thraashman

 

[b0mbrman]

Man 1: -9
Man 2: -9
Man 3: -9
Owner: +25
Bellboy: +2
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Total: 0

Looks good to me