Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Another Riddle.....

I wanna see how many people can get this riddle answered right!!

One night 3 men were driving down the highway in the rain. Suddenly their car breaks down and they have to pull to the side of the road. Luckily for them there is a hotel near by. They head inside the hotel and over to the front desk. They ask the clerk how much it would be for the 3 men to stay in a room for the night. The clerk told the men that it would be a total of $30. That was perfect for the men because it split 3 ways evenly. They each paid the clerk $10 which made a total of $30. The men then went up to the room for the night.

After the men left, the clerk realized that he had made a mistake. There was a special tonight and the room was only $25. The clerk called over the bellboy and handed him a 5 $1 bills. He told the bellboy to bring it to the 3 men and give the money back to them. As the bellboy headed up to the men's room, he noticed $5 would not split very evenly. He decided to keep $2 for himself and to give each man $1 bill. The bellboy proceeded to do that.

Now for the tricky part. Each man got $1 back, right? That means they each paid $9. That is a total of $27. Remember that. Now the bellboy kept $2, right? Add that to the total the men paid and you get a total of $29. Where is the other $1? They did pay $30 original for the room, right?

Hmmmmm....I want to see someone figure this out:)

1 comment:

carter said...

I DON'T FREAKING KNOW THE ANSWER!!! IT IS TOO LATE AT NIGHT FOR ME TO THINK!!! WHAT IS THE ANSWER....TELL ME!!!

 
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