BobDigital
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Three women go to Vegas and decide to split the cost of a single hotel room to save money. The room costs twenty five dollars. Each of the women give's the man at the front desk a ten dollar bill.
For some reason, the man does not have the correct bills to give change. He promises he will send up Ted the bellhop with the five dollars the hotel owes them.
The clerk gives Ted the bellhop five one dollar bills with stern instructions to divvy it up between the three guests and to not get into trouble on the way up. On the ride up to the women's floor, Ted can't figure out how to divide the five ones between the three women so with a shrug he pockets the remaining two one dollar bills.
Now, each woman paid with a ten dollar bill and each got a one dollar bill back from Ted. That's nine dollars per woman. If nine times three equals twenty seven dollars and you add two that Ted the bellhop kept for himself, that equals twenty nine dollars.
Where did the other dollar go?
misleading final statement. the actual cost for the room is 25, That divided by 3 is 8.33. This means that is what each woman actually paid. The fact that 3x9 = 27 is not important cause that is not what happened here. it is actually 8.33x3 + 3 + 2 (which Ted took).
Ted the Bellhop
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