a math riddle! up for the challenge?

[habibti4allah7]

Three men stay at a hotel for the night. The innkeeper charges thirty dollars per room per night. The men rent one room; each pays ten dollars. The bellhop leads the men to their room. Later, the innkeeper discovers he has overcharged the men and asks the bellhop to return five dollars to them. On the way upstairs, the bellhop realizes that five dollars can't be evenly split among three men, so he decides to keep two dollars for himself and return one dollar to each man.

At this point, the men have paid nine dollars each, totalling 27. The bellhop has two, which adds up to 29. Where did the thirtieth dollar go?

[IbnAbdulHakim]

how are they overcharged :S u sed $30, thats what their paying


im confused :?

['Abd al-Baari]

thats confusing

[habibti4allah7]

want the answer already?? :(

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[IbnAbdulHakim]

want the answer already?? :(

go ahead ukht

[MuHiTH]

Three men stay at a hotel for the night. The innkeeper charges thirty dollars per room per night. The men rent one room; each pays ten dollars.

They dont get overcharged, if they all pay 10 dollars each it equals to 30 dollars which is the right amount. Sister i dont think you wrote the riddle properly.

['Abd al-Baari]

:sl:

^but the inkeeper charged 30 dollars accidently

[habibti4allah7]

okay here is the answer

The mistake is in how the thirty dollars are accounted for. The two dollars that the bellhop has are part of the 27 the men have paid. A correct accounting of the money is that 27 dollars were paid and three dollars were not, totaling 30 dollars

[MuHiTH]

ooooooooook :S

[Al_Imaan]

i just figured out the answer and noticed u already posted it up...that was a confusing one @ first..

[Count DeSheep]

okay here is the answer

The mistake is in how the thirty dollars are accounted for. The two dollars that the bellhop has are part of the 27 the men have paid. A correct accounting of the money is that 27 dollars were paid and three dollars were not, totaling 30 dollars

:enough!: :enough!: :enough!:

I figured it out in like two minutes, and I was so proud of myself...Then BOOM! You've already posted the answer. :exhausted

If you ask another, I won't be able to solve it. That happened on another thread...:? Guess I'm only good for one riddle per thread. XD

[habibti4allah7]

i can give a easy one for you

['Abd al-Baari]

:sl:

I still dont get it!:-[ :cry:

[Count DeSheep]

i can give a easy one for you

OK then! =D

Edit:

:sl:

I still dont get it!:-[ :cry:

The trick was the last few lines. The math in them was done wrong. =D

[IbnAbdulHakim]

i can give a easy one for you

bring it on !!!:blind:

[habibti4allah7]

You must cut a birthday cake into exactly eight pieces, but you're only allowed to make three straight cuts, and you can't move pieces of the cake as you cut. How can you do it?

[IbnAbdulHakim]

You must cut a birthday cake into exactly eight pieces, but you're only allowed to make three straight cuts, and you can't move pieces of the cake as you cut. How can you do it?

lollll jazakAllah i needed that :D i feel smart again!

['Abd al-Baari]

:sl:

finally one that i get, you have to make an x then cut down the middle

Is that right?

[Count DeSheep]

lollll jazakAllah i needed that :D i feel smart again!

Then we've traded places. XD

[habibti4allah7]

yea youre kinda right

Use the first two cuts to cut an 'X' in the top of the cake. Now you have four pieces. Make the third cut horizontal, which will divide the four pieces into eight. Think of a two by two by two Rubik's cube. There's four pieces on the top tier and four more just underneath it.

[habibti4allah7]

see riddles arent that hard

[IbnAbdulHakim]

Then we've traded places. XD

LOL ;D ;D

[Count DeSheep]

see riddles arent that hard

Psh. By your standards. To me, 2+2 is TEH hardnessness. I'm actually still working on that one from pre-school. >.<