Three persons on a trip agree to share the cost of a room, which is $60, and each pays $20 in cash.
Later, the manager realizes that the room is only $55, so the group has been overcharged by $5, which is then given to the bellhop to return. The bellhop realizes it is not possible to divide the $5 evenly, so only $1 is returned to each of the guests, and the bellhop pockets the other $2.
Now, if each guest originally paid $20, and they each got $1 back, that would mean they each paid $19 for the room, right? And 3 times $19 gives you $57, plus the $2 the bellhop kept, which now totals $59. So where is the missing dollar?
If you find the fuzzy thinking, here, you should find the missing dollar.
# posted by SV @ 7/10/2003 02:26:00 PM