Here's the problem: Three young guys decide to go Vegas. The trip required one overnight stay on the way. So late in the evening they pull into a cheap motel where they figure they can share a room and save some money. The front desk clerk charges them $30.00 for the room. Each guy kicks in $10.00 and off they go to get some sleep. In the morning the manager arrives to relieve the front desk clerk. Seeing the occupancy book he calls the front desk clerk over and informs him, "You charged those guys $30.00 but the room is only $25.00". The manager gives him $5.00 to return to them. On the way to the room it occurs to the front desk clerk that there is no way to split $5.00 amongst three guys. So, arriving at a solution he pockets $2.00. When he gets to the room he gives them each $1.00 back. Soooooo Each guy originally paid $10.00. They each got $1.00 back meaning they have each paid $9.00. There are three guys. 3 times $9.00 equals $27.00. Plus the $2.00 in the front desk clerk's pocket equals $29.00. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EXTRA DOLLAR????? (and no...it wasn't taken to help pay for health care....lol) Before you go too crazy. There is no answer..it's just a quirk of math. But it could be fun passing it on to your kids to pose to their math teachers...
well if he gave each of the guys a dollar that makes 3 dollars as they're 3 guys. and the 2 that makes five...so the lucky guy actually pocketed 3 dollars not 2....come on guys he's cheap !!
oh yeah the room finally costed them 27 dollars and not 25 because ofthe 2 dollars he kept...oh well some guys are all buisness and cheap...
The initial payment of $30 is accounted for as the clerk takes $25, the bellhop takes $2, and the guests get a $3 refund. It adds up. After the refund has been applied, we only have to account for a payment of $27. Again, the clerk keeps $25 and the bellhop gets $2. This also adds up. There is no reason to add the $2 and $27 – the $2 is contained within the $27 already. Thus the addition is meaningless. Instead the $2 should be subtracted from the $27 to get the revised bill of $25. This becomes clearer when the initial and net payments are written as simple equations. The first equation shows what happened to the initial payment of $30: $30 (initial payment) = $25 (to clerk) + $2 (to bellhop) +$3 (refund) The second equation shows the net payment after the refund is applied (subtracted from both sides): $27 (net payment) = $25 (to clerk) + $2 (to bellhop) Both equations make sense, with equal totals on either side of the equal sign. The correct way to get the bellhop's $2 and the guests $27 on the same side of the equal sign ("The bellhop has $2, and the guests paid $27, how does that add up?") is to subtract, not add: $27 (final payment) - $2 (to bellhop) = $25 (to clerk)
Yeah.. what Fletch said..... :mnm: uh huh..... he da man.. that's what a there college educashun gits ya.... And Brewster... quit... that made my head hurt.... :icon_frown: Jamie
