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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?
 
habibti4allah7 said:
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.
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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.
 
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
 
i just figured out the answer and noticed u already posted it up...that was a confusing one @ first..
 
habibti4allah7 said:
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
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: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
 
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?
 
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finally one that i get, you have to make an x then cut down the middle

Is that right?
 
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.
 

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