Problem Four: The Missing Dollar
Sep 26th, 2006 by Percy
Three men checked into a hotel. They each paid $10 for their rooms. Afterwards, the hotel manager tells the cashier that there was supposed to be a $5 discount, and gives her $5. The cashier gives each man $1 and keeps the other $2. So if each of the men paid $9, the cashier kept $2, and the men were supposed to have paid $30, what happened to other dollar?
Update: Solutions are posted
It got eaten by my brother
okay i think i’ve got this, you’ve just got to look at it in a different way
initially the hotel was supposed to make $30
because of the $5 discount, they were then supposed to make $25
because the casheir kept $2, the hotel then made $27
the other $3 went to the 3 customers
in total that is $30
does that make sense?