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Three guys go to a hotel. They tell the man behind the desk that they want 3 rooms. He says, £10 per room so that''s £10. So they pay and go up to their rooms.


Then, the deskman remembers that there is a special for 3 rooms for £25. He gives the bellhop the £5 change and tells him to take it up to them.

On the way, the bellhop realizes that he doesn''t know how to split it 3 ways so he keeps £2 and gives £1 to each man.



My question is: If after the £1 refund each man paid £9 and £9 x 3 men equals £27 and the bellhop only has £2, then what happened to the other £1?

So

The hotel got £30 and gave the bell boy £5
So the hotel now have £25

The bell boy has £5 to spilt and give 3 men
He gives them £1 each a total of £3
He keeps £2

so
Hotel has £25
Bellhop has £2
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total £27

each man spent £9 9*3 = £27

The world is in balance

This is a classic misdirection technique

Good tho aint it

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I must be so thick, I really can't understand it! No wonder I was in debt!

me too dont get it there is £1 missing isnt there ,doh

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Gavin is a naughty boy ! Posting a classic maths puzzle on a debt website .. shame on you ... made me chuckle tho' [8D]

Skippy - its a mind game --
another way
The hotel have £30 , they give the bell boy £5 to refund to the customer, so the hotel now have £25 .

The bell boy takes his £5 and keeps £2 , gives £3 to the customers

Hotel has £25 , bell boy has £2 , total £27

Customers had paid £30 but got £3 refund , total £27

The bottom line is the hotel have £25
refunded £5

the customers have £3 of the refund
the bell boy has £2 of the refund
There is no missing £1

The flim-flam is telling you that the customer has paid £27
That the bell boy has £2
which is £29
your mind then goes bonkers and tries to bring the £30 into it ..

The reality is
the Customers have nothing - just a room
the hotel have £25
the bell boy has £2
total cash = £27

The customers paid £9 each - which equal £27

It really is good ..

Mish - yes I am scottish and ye know what they say .. [}:)]

sorry, i must really be thick cos i still dont get it cos they started with 30 .im welsh does that explain why i dont get it lol

The £9 x 3 is a red herring.

The customers have only paid £8-33 each to the hotel itself as £5 of the original £30 was given to the bellboy by the manager - leaving £25 with the hotel. (£25 divided by 3 = £8-333 each).

The bellboy gave £1 back to each customer and kept £2 (total £5).

£25 + £5 = £30.

ITS OFFICIAL IM REALLY REALY THICK X

Arrrghhhhhhh

Customers give hotel £30
Hotel keeps £25 and gives Bell boy £5

Bell boy keeps £2 and gives customers £3.. total £5

Hotel has £25
Bell boy has £2
Customers have £3

Add that up comes to £30

If you said that the hotel has £25 and the bell boy has £2, and the customers have £3 you would go yep thats right, that comes to £30

The con is telling you that the customers paid £27 and that the bell boy has £2 - its a mind screw - you immediately add £27 and £2 get £29 and say where did the £1 go..

If you said that the hotel has £25 and the bell boy has £2 and the customers have a room which cost £30 but the customers got £3 back , you would go thats right they paid £27 .

You have to bring the hotel into the equation otherwise its a nonsense.

Gavin .. is evil [:D]

Mish

and i cant spell really twice either lol x

I think I get it now!

I remember this from school, we had a cruel maths teacher who bamboozled us with this one......teacher's aren't the same today, thank god!!!!

Bell boy is on a good thing here [:D]

so ther is not a missing £1 then[:D]

Lets just hope that the bellboy got the sack for being a dishonest so and so!!!