Solve this Math Puzzle!!

[French Tickler]

3 Men go into a hotel to get a room for the night. The clerk tells them he only has 1 room available, and it is $30 for the night.

The men agree, and each pay $10 for the room. $10 x 3 = $30

The next day the manager checks the books, and finds that the agent charged the men the wrong price for the room. The room was supposed to be $25 for the night.

So the manager gives the bell boy $5 to return to the men. $30 - $5 = $25

The Bellboy knowing the men cants split $5 3 ways evenly, he pockets $2. $5 - $2 = $3

So the bell boy tells each man they were overcharged for the room, and returns $1 to each man (remember he Pocketed the $2.... $1 x 3 = $3... and $3 + $2 = $5)

So each man since they recieved $1 back paid $9 each for the room, which brought the cost of the room to $27 ( $9 x 3 = $27) and the bellboy pocketed $2 ( $27 for the room and $2 for the bellboy = $29) So where did the $30th dollar go?

[Boner_18]

Only 27 dollars was paid out by the men. 25 for the room and 2 to the bell boy. Saying that they paid $27 for the room (9x3 = 27) is misstating the amount because this INCLUDES the $2 skim from the bell boy. Dunno if this answers the question of "where" the dollar went..

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

there is no other dollar. Clerk has 25, bellhop has 2, men have 3

[poker_dummy101]

i solved this in 3rd grade

[KingKolzig]

[Chi_archie]

c'mon

[donkdown]

to the clerk.

[13th Inning]

Step 1: Men need a hotel room. Before paying, the totals are:
Men $30
Hotel: $0
Boy: $0
Grand total = $30

Step 2: Men pay for their room. The new totals:
Men $0
Hotel $30
Boy $0
Grand Total $30

Step 3: Hotel makes mistake; gives boy $5 to give back to men.
Men: $0
Hotel: $25
Boy: $5
Grand Total $30

Step 4: Boy pockets $2, gives men $3
Men: $3
Hotel: $25
Boy: $2
Grand Total $30


The total is always $30, so there is no missing $1. It's just the way the question is presented, to make it seem like there is a missing dollar, but if you follow along, there really isn't.

[exstatman]

I was certain the missing dollar went toward Obamacare.

[statnerds]

I was certain the missing dollar went toward Obamacare.

bravo

[pavyracer]

This reminds me of another great puzzle. Does anyone know who was the father of the sons of Abraham?

[eidolon]

Abraham had many sons, and many sons had father Abraham.

[mathdotcom]

Three dudes split a hotel for $10 each? There should be a gay tax.

[gryfyn1]

there was never a 30th dollar assuming they each paid 9 dollars -- if they paid 9 dollars each - that 27 - 2 to the bellyboy, 25 to the house --