Three people check into a hotel. They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets £2 and gives £1 to each person. Now each person paid £10 and got back £1. So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The bellboy has £2, totalling £29. Where is the missing £1?
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The money paid by the three people together is only 27 pounds i.e. 25 pounds to the manager and the 2 pound kept by the bellboy.
So the amount individually contributed by the 3 ppl is only 9 pounds.
And there is no missing pound.
yes sbajpayee is right
Yes, Akshat is correct
yaa u r right....logic is tht if u count from reverse thn it creates confusion...anyway...i m also putting sm more questions.....ready 2 face...
sure man
they r nice puzzles
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