316 logic/29.p
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This article is from the Puzzles FAQ, by Chris Cole chris@questrel.questrel.com and Matthew Daly mwdaly@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
316 logic/29.p
Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go
to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and
gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy
reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so
he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person.
Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each,
totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.
Where is the remaining dollar?
logic/29.s
Each person paid $9, totalling $27. The manager has $25 and the bellboy $2.
The bellboy's $2 should be added to the manager's $25 or subtracted from
the tenants' $27, not added to the tenants' $27.
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