One more math problem

[Gliderman8]

3 men go into a hotel. The man behind the desk says a room is $30 so each man pays $10 and goes to the room.

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

This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27 add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.
Where is the other dollar?

 

[Basil]

An oldie but goodie. I know the answer but I won't give it away.

 

[Bayless]

Me too.

 

[bobhustead]

I fish a lot, but not for red herring.
Bob

 

[Silverghost]

 

[Gliderman8]

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Oh yeah, that problem messes with your grey matter

 

[AngliaGT]

Was one of the guys on a train going 60MPH from Chicago?

 

[Basil]

The problem isn't stated correctly.

 

[NutmegCT]

The problem isn't stated correctly.

Depends on the purpose of the problem.


PM sent

 

[JPSmit]

If a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long does it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?

 

[bobhustead]

JP's problem is the only sort of useful application for factorials.
Bob

 

[DocDup1]

If you live in California, the original problem is simple. The state took the dollar. That is where all of our missing money seems to go.

 

[Silverghost]

If a rooster lays an egg on the ridge of a roof that runs north to south and the wind is blowing from east to west, which way will the egg fall?

 

[mezy]

roosters dont lay

 

[Mickey Richaud]

roosters dont lay

Well, I suppose if he carried an egg up there he could lay it down on the ridge...

 

[Bayless]

I agree with the above but what if a chicken did it?

 

[NutmegCT]

If a rooster lays an egg on the ridge of a roof that runs north to south and the wind is blowing from east to west, which way will the egg fall?

down!

 

[Silverghost]

roosters dont lay

Shhhhhhh!

 

[John Turney]

That's like the question: "If a plane crashes right on the border between two countries, which country do you bury the survivors in?"

 

[AngliaGT]

Bristol,Virginia/Tennessee.