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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I read this earlier today and it's really starting to piddle me off now. On paper i'm meant to be very bright but i'm buggered if i can solve it! (missing something obvious??)
3 people book a hotel room, it costs £30 for the room so each person pays £10.00 and go to the room.
The receptionist realises it shouldve only been £25.00 not £30.00 so sends a £5.00 refund to the room with the bellboy.
Stood with the fiver the bellboy cant decide how to split it between them so gives each person £1.00 (3 x £1.00) and keeps £2.00 for himself as a tip.
This means that each person got a pound refund and only paid £9.00 for the room. 3 x £9.00 is £27, plus the £2 that the bellboy kept only comes to £29.00 when they started off with £30!
Wheres the other £1.00 gone???????????
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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the bell boy only kept £2 and gave them £3 change,with the £25 they had already paid thats £28 in total.so they paid £9.33p each and a penny left.i think? |
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That old Chestnut!
The false logic comes in the fact that by getting £1 refund everyone in fact paid £9. They didnt. They actually paid £8.33 as that is the £25 split three ways.
Add to that the two pound tip to the Bell boy and that makes 66p each. Meaning everyone has then paid £9.
The change they then get of £1 equals the £10 they originally paid.
Nothing like creative accounting
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"That old Chestnut!
The false logic comes in the fact that by getting £1 refund everyone in fact paid £9. They didnt. They actually paid £8.33 as that is the £25 split three ways.
Add to that the two pound tip to the Bell boy and that makes 66p each. Meaning everyone has then paid £9.
The change they then get of £1 equals the £10 they originally paid.
Nothing like creative accounting
Matt"
Dont you just hate a smart ****!!!
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By (user no longer on site)
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Nope, its the fact that you don't add the £27 and £2... the £2 is part of the £27 they paid! £27 plus the £3 they all got back as a refund makes £30, that is where all the money is. Simples! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz thinking that hard makes me sooooo sleepy  definitely not a number person  "
its a bit too much "weight lifting" for the mind in the evenings...I agree lol |
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who cares about the £
3 people in the room sounds fun,
and who knows about the bellboy, could be even more fun.
maths :
3 people paid £9 each = £27
the hotel gets £25, the bellboy £2=£27
ps if i'd have had a £5 i'd have made someone a decent offer |
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By (user no longer on site)
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who cares about the £
3 people in the room sounds fun,
and who knows about the bellboy, could be even more fun.
maths :
3 people paid £9 each = £27
the hotel gets £25, the bellboy £2=£27
ps if i'd have had a £5 i'd have made someone a decent offer"
you did - and it was the best one so far - you might end up winning the prize you might not want lol |
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