| bluecargirl666 |
Okay guys, you all think you're so much smarter than the girls, can you figure this one out?
There are 3 guys who are renting a hotel for a night.
The price is $30 for one shared room.
Each guy pays $10.
In the morning the manager of the hotel tells the guys that they had a special promotion and that the room in fact only cost $25, and gave them the $5 change back.
So each guy took $1 for himself out of the $5, and left $2 to tip the housekeeping staff. (total, 1 x 3 is 3, plus 2 is 5)
So if each guy payed only $9 for the room for the night, 9 x 3 = 27. plus the $2 tip = $29.
Where did the extra dollar go?
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| qualthar |
If the total paid after the $5 change is $25, then each guy's accounted-for money is $8.33.
If they each took $1, then their inidividual total is now $9.33.
Multilpy $9.33 by 3 and you will get an answer of 28. Add the $2 tip, and you get $30.
Therefore, each guy paid $8.33 for the room, kept $1 and gave a 67 cent tip.
Only a girl would make that bad of a mathematical error :lol: (kidding!) |
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| DomesticDrifter |
| ahhahah, nicely done |
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| bigmack000 |
| yeah i worked it out the same as he did :dunno: and i suck at math |
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| 95IntegraRS |
| Yea but you are still wrong. God, doesn't that suck? |
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| JoeBlow |
| very comfusing and very misleading but ez if you think about it |
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| SilverZ24 |
quote:
Originally posted by bluecargirl666
So if each guy payed only $9 for the room for the night, 9 x 3 = 27. plus the $2 tip = $29.
Where did the extra dollar go?
:blue:
That one sentence is the only part that is wrong and put there to confuse people.
It is not 27 plus the extra 2 bucks. $27 includes the 2 dollar tip. (25 for the room and 2 dollars for the tip) |
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| oldraven |
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Originally posted by bluecargirl666
Where did the extra dollar go?
They spent it at the peelers. :)
;) jk |
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| qualthar |
quote:
Originally posted by 95IntegraRS
Yea but you are still wrong. God, doesn't that suck?
Haha instead of telling us that we are wrong, tell us how we are wrong :p |
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| SilverZ24 |
quote:
Originally posted by qualthar
Haha instead of telling us that we are wrong, tell us how we are wrong :p
He is the only one that is wrong/doesn't get it. |
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| bluecargirl666 |
quote:
Originally posted by SilverZ24
That one sentence is the only part that is wrong and put there to confuse people.
It is not 27 plus the extra 2 bucks. $27 includes the 2 dollar tip. (25 for the room and 2 dollars for the tip)
:blue: nice! |
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| budx2002 |
| peelers souds good to me! |
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| bluecargirl666 |
quote:
Originally posted by qualthar
If the total paid after the $5 change is $25, then each guy's accounted-for money is $8.33.
If they each took $1, then their inidividual total is now $9.33.
Multilpy $9.33 by 3 and you will get an answer of 28. Add the $2 tip, and you get $30.
Therefore, each guy paid $8.33 for the room, kept $1 and gave a 67 cent tip.
Only a girl would make that bad of a mathematical error :lol: (kidding!)
the question wasnt to divide $25 by 3 ppl, using the info provided u were supposed to decide where the extra dollar went
it proved they only paid $9 :D |
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| REFLUX |
I don't see how this riddle is a Male vs. Female type of question.
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| oldraven |
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Originally posted by REFLUX
I don't see how this riddle is a Male vs. Female type of question.
:dunno:
Which is why I made the peeler comment. |
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| bluecargirl666 |
quote:
Originally posted by REFLUX
I don't see how this riddle is a Male vs. Female type of question.
:dunno:
i was referring more to the fact that the men on here always bash womens' intelect or just women in general. Wanted to make them think a little bit instead of running off at the cock. :) |
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| Transporter |
| so what is the correct answer?? |
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| Soulfly |
| the one guy kept a dollar... :dunno: Isn't that what she says in her question?!??! :confused: |
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| DomesticDrifter |
| 2 guys paid 8.33, one paid 8.34, they each kept a dollar, and gave the maid a 2 dollar tip. |
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| jean-yus |
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Originally posted by DomesticDrifter
2 guys paid 8.33, one paid 8.34, they each kept a dollar, and gave the maid a 2 dollar tip.
This is confusing.. i thought there was a dollar left?
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| bluecargirl666 |
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Originally posted by DomesticDrifter
2 guys paid 8.33, one paid 8.34, they each kept a dollar, and gave the maid a 2 dollar tip.
no they paid $9 each.. the information in the problem states that. It isnt a math problem, its a logic problem. SilverZ24 cans see the loop, can you? |
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| mitsubitchy |
wtf, i got this like in a second, maybe cause im majoring in accounting but....
why the hell are you adding 2 dollar tip? its like included in that 9x3 bullshit that was made to confuse 99% of the people. There is no lost dollar as 9x3 is really what their paying after but you dont add the tip, you add the 3 dollars they kept to equal the 30. The tip is not included at all!!!!!!! |
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| Twisted-1 |
This is an old one. It is worded to confuse people, the math in the question is wrong.
nicely explained Mitsubitchy, Nice and simple to understand. |
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| mitsubitchy |
| I R TEH WIN!!!! :D |
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| REFLUX |
quote:
Originally posted by bluecargirl666
i was referring more to the fact that the men on here always bash womens' intelect or just women in general. Wanted to make them think a little bit instead of running off at the cock. :)
Well I agree, there are quite a few members on here that aren't particularly open minded towards women but that doesn't mean we have to be narrow minded about gay marriage too!
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| DomesticDrifter |
quote:
Originally posted by bluecargirl666
no they paid $9 each.. the information in the problem states that. It isnt a math problem, its a logic problem. SilverZ24 cans see the loop, can you?
we're saying the exact same thing in different words, you're including the tip in your explination and i'm not. i'm breaking it down to what each person paid for the room. was the tip on the bill? no i didn't think so.
therefore they each paid 8.33(repeating) for the room, each of them took a dollar from the 5, and they each left a $0.66....7 tip for a grand total of 27 bucks. 8.33333333333.. + .666666667 = 9. we're saying the same thing in the end, but i guess you have to have the last word because you started this thread. |
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| mitsubitchy |
| Its not a math question, its just logic, so you dont divide the 25 by 3. Its just technically they spend 9 dollars cause of what they did with the other 5 dollars. |
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| bluecargirl666 |
quote:
Originally posted by DomesticDrifter
we're saying the exact same thing in different words, you're including the tip in your explination and i'm not. i'm breaking it down to what each person paid for the room. was the tip on the bill? no i didn't think so.
therefore they each paid 8.33(repeating) for the room, each of them took a dollar from the 5, and they each left a $0.66....7 tip for a grand total of 27 bucks. 8.33333333333.. + .666666667 = 9. we're saying the same thing in the end, but i guess you have to have the last word because you started this thread.
Holy chip on the shoulder batman.
Don't be grumpy about it I was just telling you that math wasnt the key. |
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| bluecargirl666 |
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Originally posted by jean-yus
This is confusing.. i thought there was a dollar left?
wow.. you really are a jean-yus |
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| dc2696 |
| I took calculus in high school but I so don't get this problem haha |
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| oldraven |
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Originally posted by dc2696
I took calculus in high school but I so don't get this problem haha
Maybe if you took Psych. |
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| dc2696 |
quote:
Originally posted by oldraven
Maybe if you took Psych.
bah! :D |
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