Alright, this isn't new, and I've actually seen it before, but I never actually gave it thought until now and... well, it's not long, just read.
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Three karate students travel together to Chicago to train in their organization's headquarters on Saturday. When they arrive in the city, they go to the hotel to check in. They plan to share the same room. The desk clerk quotes a rate of $30.00 for the night. They pay him and go to their room.
But, then the clerk remembers there is a weekend special room rate of $25.00 a night. Trying to correct the situation he gives five one dollar bills to the bellboy to take to the guest's room. On the way there, the bellboy says to himself, "three people can't divide five dollars evenly between them," so he takes two dollars for himself and when he gets to the room he gives each karate student a one dollar refund. So, each of the karate students paid nine dollars.
But if each of the students paid nine dollars, together they paid $27 dollars and the worker kept two dollars for himself. That totals $29.00. So where did the extra dollar go?
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So, perhaps I'm simply lazy and not giving this enough thought, or perhaps I'm an idiot, but where the hell did the dollar go? Cthulhu?
Nowhere, the question is just wrong/trying to confuse you.
Clerk charged $30, realized it was a special day, gives 5 bucks to the bell boy to bring it up to the customers. Thats $25 left. He realizes they can't split it, so he takes two bucks. Theres 3 dollars left, he gives it to the customers. Each of them get a dollar. The question ends there.
The "they payed 9 dollars each" bit is irrelevant to the question.
so he takes two dollars for himself and when he gets to the room he gives each karate student a one dollar refund. So, each of the karate students paid nine dollars.
The ****er took 3 dollars. Hence he was a karate student.
Where'd the dollar go?
