I like puzzles. Here's an oldie, but a goodie:
Three travelers stop at an inn and ask for a room. The clerk tells them that the rate for a room with 3 beds is $30, so they pay $10 each, and head off to sleep. The clerk realizes that he has made a mistake, and that the actual cost of the room is $25, so he sends up a $5 refund with the bellboy.
Now this bellboy is a bit of a shady character, and thinks to himself: "How are 3 people going to split $5? Wait. I have a solution to this problem!" So he pockets $2 and brings the travelers $1 each, so that each of them has now paid $9.
Now, 3 x $9 = $27
The bellboy took $2.
That's a total of $29. $1 is missing.
Where did it go?
NB: If you are looking for some sort of political allegory, this story is really about 1st-world trade deficits in the post-colonial period.
No it isn't.
Now find that dollar!
2 comments:
isn't it with the clerk?
No, the clerk gave the bellboy $5 of the $30 he received.
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