[Rhodes22-list] Friday mind bender. Let me know if you figure itout.

[Robert J. Nickerson]

Error in premise at end of problem - the men did not pay $9 each for the 
room, they paid $8.333... for the room and $ .6667... to the bellboy.

Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:11 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Friday mind bender. Let me know if you figure 
itout.


>
>
> 3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS  $30, SO 
> EACH
> MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.
>
> A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY  $25, SO 
> HE
> SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.  ON THE  WAY, THE BELLBOY
> COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY BETWEEN 3 MEN,  SO HE GAVE EACH 
> MAN A $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. What happened to the  dollar?
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>