Another thread which is not related to north south

[abhi_01201]

Sorry Girish buddy - but this is also not immigration related.
Hope fully you wont mind a little piece of puzzle.

Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30.
The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged.
She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men.
On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself,
and give each of the three men one dollar.
The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27.
This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29.
What happened to the other dollar?

 

[hedgehog]

hotel: 25
bellhop: 2
guests:3
total: 30

 

[GC_ka_jhanjhat]

This is a simple Misleading additions : but ofcourse trickisk just like illusions..

Manager
30 - 5 =25

Boy
2

Customer
30-3 = 27

Customers' money of 27 is divided among Manager(25)
and boy(2)

Do not try to add boy + customer ..

 

[prajaram]

nice one with a mobius strip quality ...

3x10 => manager
5 to bellhop => 25 with the manager
thinking of the $5 as returned in full to the 3 persons
$2 was given to the bellhop by the 3 people.

Instead of keeping the $30 as the target amount, the new target amount should be $25. Per head = 8 1/3 and contributed 2/3 each to the bellhop.

Difference between their true cost and the actual charge (27-25) is $2 which went to the bellhop.


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-Palaniappan Rajaram