Three people check into a hotel room. The clerk says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the clerk realizes the bill should only be $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room, the bellhop realizes that he cannot divide the money equally. As the guests didn't know the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $1 and keep $2 as a tip for himself. Each guest got $1 back, so now each guest only paid $9, bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop has $2. And $27 + $2 = $29 so, if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?
There is no missing dollar. 25 went to clerk, of the remaining 5, 3 went back to guests and 2 to bellhop. Total 30
-1 Dollar is going Into the clerk's pocket for a can of soda.
Is that clear...?
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Mai
A five dollar top
No , I have no idea what a milling dollar is let alone where it might have gone.
SOURCE: ok I was at school and there was this problem on
The question is not what is worth $30, but how much was spent on the room plus tip, which totaled $27. They each gave $10, which was a total of $30. The room was $25, which left $5. Since they all paid $9, the total paid is $27 which is $25 for the room and a $2 government tip you are not supposed to notice.
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