My brain hurts!

[Katie~77]

this was sent to me - 3 men go into a hotel. the man behind the desk said the room is �30, each man paid �10 and went to the room. a while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only �25 so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with �5. on the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split �5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a �1 and kept the other �2 for himself. this meant that the 3 men each paid �9 for the room, which is a total of �27, add the �2 that the bellboy kept = �29. where is the other pound ? it's doing my head in. can anyone work it out?x

[squarebear]

What other pound?

man behind the desk = �25
bellboy = �2
men = �3

The men paid �8.3333333 each not �9.

There is no missing pound. This is asked almost every 2 or 3 days here.

[Katie~77]

How odd! I've never seen it.x

[CheekyChops]

Here is one instance of it being asked before:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question528786.html

[Katie~77]

Oh, well please accept my apology. I'm sooooo very sorry to have burdened you with having to read the same nonsense all over again!x

[B00]

lmao Katie- consider your wrists well and truly slapped eh? ;-)

[MONTCRIEFF49]

gud 1 kate
iv never seen it on here but have heard it

the answer never looks simple

hope ur head better now lol x

[squarebear]

lol sorry Katie. :-)

[Panic Button]

Yes Katie, a good spanking is called for.

[natalie_1982]

Tut tut tut Katie, what on earth were you thinking?


(I've never seen it on here before and am not even going to attempt to work it out, I take your word for it, lovely)

[Katie~77]

I'm crying now!!!!x :-(

[squarebear]

It's the way the question is worded that is the tricky part.

It's like saying 20 men club together and pay �200 for a DVD player. The shopkeeper realises that the DVD is only �1 and gives �199 to his errand boy to give back. The errand boy can't be bothered so gives them each �1 and pockets �180.

This means the men have paid �9 each which is a total of �180, the shopkeeper has �1 and the bellboy kept �180 making �361. Wahay they just made an extra �161 from nowhere.

[bobtheturkey]

you would think katie had shot someone :)

[whiffey]

That's a lot to pay for a DVD player, you can get one in ASDA now for �14.99

[squarebear]

Aye that's why the shopkeeper realised it was only �1 :-)

[bobtheturkey]

ok squarbear calm down your haemorids will pop out again