D smart ass bellboy stole it. Even u dint realize it.

Ask him. It waznt me

The truth is i've seen d answer b4 on dis forum but; its complicated.

what other rand are you talking about? they were supposed to be given back app1.7R each, but were given only 1R each. therefore the remaining 0.7R multiplied by 3 gives you app 2R which is with the boy. duh.

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There's no basis for this confusion. The real fact is that since R1 was returned to each of the men, the R2 they spent on the boy is a part (subset of) the total of R9 spent by each of them. So they spent R8.333 EACH (3*8.333=25) on the room and R 0.667 EACH(3*0.667=2) on the boy AND were left with R1 EACH (3*1=3). So adding these products together, 25+2+3=30. The problem with your question was that you repeated the R2 the boy took twice not knowing that it was latent in the R9 they each spent. Also, you ignored the R1 they are each left with. Hope you're no longer confused.

Of cause hes no longer confused, u've made him MAD!

hnmm

@ poster

we search taya we no see the other R1, so we put it to u, where is the other R1. Bring it out now or

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL Halt! Please reconnect missy once again. Where are my old friends while I'm about to make new ones. Cheers!

The solution involves deconstructing the riddle itself and questioning all assumptions.

An easy way to think of it is to assume that there is only one man who paid R30 for a room.

Now, if a refund of R5 was due to him, and the bell boy only gave him R3, then he ended up paying R27.
Here's the trick, if the bell boy had given him the full R5, he would have only paid R25. Assume that after paying him the R5, the Bellboy stole R2 back from him, leaving his total cost at R27.

The riddle misdirects your thinking, which is why I talked about deconstructing assumptions. The total sum of moneys should equal R25, not R30.

Another way to spin the riddle is this:

What if the Bell boy had been an upstanding Gentleman (like me ) and had added R1 to the R5 so that he can divide R6 between the three men equally. After reimbursing the men R2 each, the men would have paid R8 each(for the hotel). If you multiply R8 by 3, you have R24, which leaves the boy with an extra Rand (R25-R24), so that the boy gets to pocket back the extra Rand he contributed. How is this possible?

well i have searched under my bed evn i have ransacked the whole room and cudnt lfind the money so poster i bliv the bal is wid u jest prvide it

hmm! case of who stole the meat from the cooking pot!

u find it urself because i have even gone to google to search for it but cant find it.
where the hell is the missing R1