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This one seems to be doing the rounds through the email again, so I'll post it for all:
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Three guys in a hotel room call room service and order two large
pizzas. The delivery boy brings them up with a bill for exactly $30.00.
Each guy gives him a $10.00 bill, and he leaves. That's fact!
When he hands the $30.00 to the cashier, he is told a mistake was made.
The bill was only $25.00, not $30.00.
The cashier gives the delivery boy five $1.00 coins and tells him to
take it back to the 3 guys who ordered the pizza. That's fact!
On the way back to their room, the delivery boy has a thought. These
guys did not give him a tip. He figures that since there is no way to
spilt $5.00 evenly three ways anyhow, he will keep two dollars for
himself and give them back three dollars. Okay! So far so good!
He knocks on the door and one fellow answers. He explains about a
mix-up on the bill, and hands the guy the three dollars, and then
departs with his two-dollar tip in his pocket. Now the fun begins!
Remember $30 - $25 = $5. Right?
$5 - $3 = $2. Right?
So what's the problem?
All is well, right? Not quite.
Answer this: Each of the three guys originally has $10.00 each. They
each got back $1.00 in change.
That means they paid $9.00 each, which times three is $27.00.
The delivery boy kept $2.00 for a tip.
$27.00 plus $2.00 equals $29.00.
Where the heck is the other dollar?
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I got it fairly quickly, but a lot of people here in the office were stumped for a while. :)
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Three guys in a hotel room call room service and order two large
pizzas. The delivery boy brings them up with a bill for exactly $30.00.
Each guy gives him a $10.00 bill, and he leaves. That's fact!
When he hands the $30.00 to the cashier, he is told a mistake was made.
The bill was only $25.00, not $30.00.
The cashier gives the delivery boy five $1.00 coins and tells him to
take it back to the 3 guys who ordered the pizza. That's fact!
On the way back to their room, the delivery boy has a thought. These
guys did not give him a tip. He figures that since there is no way to
spilt $5.00 evenly three ways anyhow, he will keep two dollars for
himself and give them back three dollars. Okay! So far so good!
He knocks on the door and one fellow answers. He explains about a
mix-up on the bill, and hands the guy the three dollars, and then
departs with his two-dollar tip in his pocket. Now the fun begins!
Remember $30 - $25 = $5. Right?
$5 - $3 = $2. Right?
So what's the problem?
All is well, right? Not quite.
Answer this: Each of the three guys originally has $10.00 each. They
each got back $1.00 in change.
That means they paid $9.00 each, which times three is $27.00.
The delivery boy kept $2.00 for a tip.
$27.00 plus $2.00 equals $29.00.
Where the heck is the other dollar?
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I got it fairly quickly, but a lot of people here in the office were stumped for a while. :)
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