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CrunkTue Oct-15-02 11:22 PM
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"Riddle of riddles?"


  

          

I know a lot have probably heard of this, but let's just give it a shot

3 men go into a motel. The man behind the desk said the room is US$30, so each man paid US$10 and went to their room.

A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only US$25, because there was a special that night, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with US$5. On the way, the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split US$5 evenly between 3 men, so he desides to give each man US$1 and kept the other US$2 for himself.

This meant that the 3 men each paid US$9 for the room, which is a total of US$27. Add the US$2 that the bellboy kept brings the total to US$29.

Where is the other dollar!?




  

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dbahnTue Oct-15-02 11:47 PM
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#1. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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Subtract the $2 from the $27 since it came from the (3x$9) that the three men paid.

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CrunkWed Oct-16-02 12:25 AM
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#4. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
In response to dbahn (Reply # 1)
Wed Oct-16-02 12:32 AM

  

          

This seems to be the one that makes the most sense though ChrisP's answer was something else I saw.

Napolean, the problem with that is that, it doesn't answer the riddle, where did the $1 go? That is right though!

My explanation is that the room actually cost $27 ($25 for the room + $2 from the clerk), which does equal 9 for each of the guys. What is wrong however, is adding +2, because that's already included in the $27. Now all you have to do is add $3, since they all got $3 back.

Actually Chris just divided 25 by 3. So I guess my way is the shortcut, easier way to explain it. Yours seem more accurate

Anyone else got a good riddle?



  

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dbahnWed Oct-16-02 08:44 AM
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#5. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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<Anyone else got a good riddle?

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

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daterminehtorWed Oct-16-02 10:58 AM
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#9. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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Edited for our US friends...

Can a man living in Fayetville, be buried in Miami?


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rhbowlerWed Oct-16-02 12:16 PM
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#10. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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"Can a man living in Fayetville, be buried in Miami?"

No, because he's LIVING, he would have to be dead to be buried ANYwhere. ( hopefully anyway )


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ChrisPTue Oct-15-02 11:48 PM
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#2. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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That's an old one...

The men did not pay $9 each for the room -- they paid $9 each for the room and the skim that the bellboy took. The room cost per man, after being adjusted to $25 total, was $8.33 each. The men each kicked $0.67 into the bellboy's $2 skim, and they each got back $1.

The real question is more about the extra penny...

It ain't always what it seems..

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NapoleanTue Oct-15-02 11:54 PM
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#3. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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30-25=5
5-3=2

25+3+2=30

  

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old dudeWed Oct-16-02 09:00 AM
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#6. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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This is why I had to learn trig 30 years after high school......

  

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#7. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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This is why I flunked out of trig twice. And why my Verbal score on the SAT was twice as high as my math score...wait, thats not mathematically possible... dammit!

  

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#8. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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andrini2000Wed Oct-16-02 03:53 PM
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#11. "RE: Riddle of riddles?"
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Man, I hate those #'s!!
I tried and tried at algebra in high school, the teacher helped, but I just couldn't *get it*. Does that make a person stupid?

I have quite a few of my *own*, thought up illusions. No one else knows the secrets. Does that make a person intelligent?

One reason I love my magic is that I get to use math, science, architecture, computer science, mind manipulation, hypnosis and all the things that I want to do for work. It's like all the things I love to do in one.

In Chinese, they use the word 'clever' for cleverness and intelligence. I think that's very interesting.
Sorry to get off this topic (a little).



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