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Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by busuyem: 8:48pm On Nov 23, 2014 |
Here's the puzzle: "Three guests check into a hotel room. The front desk officer says the bill is N30,000, so each guest pays N10,000. Later the front desk officer realizes the bill should only be N25,000. To fix this, he gives the attendant N5,000 to return to the guests. On the way to the room, the attendant realizes that he cannot divide the money equally. Since the guests didn't know the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest N1,000 and keep N2,000 as a tip for himself. Each guest got N1,000 back: so now each guest only paid N9,000; bringing the total paid to N27,000. The attendant has N2,000. And N27,000 + N2,000 = N29,000 so, if the guests originally handed over N30,000, what happened to the remaining N1,000?" |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 9:01pm On Nov 23, 2014 |
I don't know. Seriously now, he gives back N3,000. So they in effect paid N25,000 + N3,000 = N28,000. The attendant kept N2,000 to himself, so problem solved! The jargon you wrote afterwards is just to confuse the gullible. 1 Like |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Truth24(m): 9:07pm On Nov 23, 2014 |
Dis kwesion get as e be ooo.... I don count my fingers tire ... I no wan run mad abeg |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 9:18pm On Nov 23, 2014 |
30,000 - 5000 - 25,000 Each paid 10,000 x 3 - 30,000 Returned 1,000 each, that is 9,000 x 3 equals 27,000 Remaining 2,000 27,000 + 2,000 equals 29,000 I nor see am abeg Tell us whr u hide am? |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by sulmeza(m): 9:59pm On Nov 23, 2014 |
Question 4 sango...dy paid 25k..3k ws returnd 2 em nd d attendant kept 2k..dat simple....d 25k is nt equally divisible by 3 in d firstplace...xo abeg no wreck ma brain..lol |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by olusolaj(m): 10:37pm On Nov 23, 2014 |
That 1000 is wat really make up 25k. Initial (total amount paid ) = 10k + 10k + 10k = 30k After (transaction analysis) = 25k + 3k + 2k = 30k Since initial = after, then acct is balanced. Note: 10k is amount paid by each guest 25k is the total cost 3k is total refund 2k is bein kept by bellhop |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 12:17am On Nov 24, 2014 |
The guests paid #30000; making it #30000/3 for each guest. #5000 is to be returned, this shows that each guest had paid #25000/3 + the #1000 each would receive. Simple. No missing money bros: #25000 to the hotel #2000 to billhop #1000 each to the guest TOTAL: #30000 |
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 12:23am On Nov 24, 2014 |
The guests paid #30000; making it #30000/3 for each guest. #5000 is to be returned, this shows that each guest had paid #25000/3, + the #1000 each would receive. Simple. No missing money bros: #25000 to the hotel #2000 to billhop #1000 each to the guest TOTAL: #30000 |
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