Riddle of the afternoon
Discussion
3 men rent a hotel room for 1 night, they are told it will cost £30 so they each pay £10 & are shown to their room.
On returning from the room, the porter is informed of a mistake, the room should have only been £25 & is told to go back to the room & refund £5 to the 3 men.
On the way back to the room, the porter realises that £5 cannot be split equally between the 3 men, so he decides to give them each £1 & keep the other £2 for himself.
To recap, the 3 men ended up paying £9 each & the porter kept £2 (£9 x 3 = £27 + £2 = £29)
On returning from the room, the porter is informed of a mistake, the room should have only been £25 & is told to go back to the room & refund £5 to the 3 men.
On the way back to the room, the porter realises that £5 cannot be split equally between the 3 men, so he decides to give them each £1 & keep the other £2 for himself.
To recap, the 3 men ended up paying £9 each & the porter kept £2 (£9 x 3 = £27 + £2 = £29)
Where did the other £1 go?
Stickers said:
sleep envy said:
the three men each paid £25/3 plus £1
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te riddle
They all paid £27 & the porter had £2......that's £29s
te riddlethey paid £30 less £5 refund = £25
divide £25 by 3 = £8.33
add the £1 each offered by the porter = £9.33
£9.33 * 3 = £28
plus the £2 kept by the porter
£28 + £2 = a stupid riddle that you can't get your head around
Edited by sleep envy on Monday 20th July 16:58
sleep envy said:
Stickers said:
sleep envy said:
the three men each paid £25/3 plus £1
ste riddle
They all paid £27 & the porter had £2......that's £29s
te riddlethey paid £30 less £5 refund = £25
divide £25 by 3 = £8.33
add the £1 each offered by the porter = £9.33
£9.33 * 3 = £28
plus the £2 kept by the porter
£28 + £2 = a stupid riddle that you can't get your head around
Edited by sleep envy on Monday 20th July 16:58
Try working the way it's been laid out?
Stickers said:
sleep envy said:
Stickers said:
sleep envy said:
the three men each paid £25/3 plus £1
ste riddle
They all paid £27 & the porter had £2......that's £29s
te riddlethey paid £30 less £5 refund = £25
divide £25 by 3 = £8.33
add the £1 each offered by the porter = £9.33
£9.33 * 3 = £28
plus the £2 kept by the porter
£28 + £2 = a stupid riddle that you can't get your head around
Edited by sleep envy on Monday 20th July 16:58
Try working the way it's been laid out?
The men pay £9 each. £27
The room is £25.
The porter steals £2.
OP.
Before we address the issue of billing complexities, why were the men renting a room together?
Were you one of them?
Did you take turns to be the woman? Or was it decided using another set of criteria. Least body hair, MX-5 ownership, interior design instinct?
That's the enigma within the riddle.
Before we address the issue of billing complexities, why were the men renting a room together?
Were you one of them?
Did you take turns to be the woman? Or was it decided using another set of criteria. Least body hair, MX-5 ownership, interior design instinct?
That's the enigma within the riddle.
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