Another IQ challenge

[Bermo]

3 men go into a motel.
The desk clerk said the room was $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later, the desk clerk realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5.
On the way, the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men so he gave each man $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.
This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which made a total of $27. Add to that the $2 the bellboy kept and the total is $29.

Where is the other dollar? :lookedat:

[TheSneakiness]

Originally Posted by Bermo

Where is the other dollar?

It vanished. Nah, I've got NFI.

I remember reading a detailed answer to this and I can't remember where it was...

[Jeld-Wen Falcon]

They didnt pay $9 each because the room was only $25.

[Miss_XR6]

they paid $8.33333 each if the room was $25

[harpsta]

I think it's a trick. Adding the $2 to the $27 doesn't give you to true total. The fact is that they paid $27 and recieved $3 change. That totals $30. The two dollars that the bell boy stole is acutally coming straight out of the till.

[JC]

Originally Posted by harpsta

I think it's a trick. Adding the $2 to the $27 doesn't give you to true total. The fact is that they paid $27 and recieved $3 change. That totals $30. The two dollars that the bell boy stole is acutally coming straight out of the till.

True - except that the till is only expecting $25, which it has, so it's all square!

$30 - $5 = $25 in till
$1 x 3 for each man = $3
$2 for bellhop = $2
total = $30.

[BIGBIRD]

Ahhh just gimme the answer.. no time to think, im at work!!

[pennybrain]

The bellhop has $2.
Men paid: $9 x 3 = $27
$27 - $2 = $25 (that the hotel clerk has)
There is no missing $1

[Olympus]

Originally Posted by pennybrain

The bellhop has $2.
Men paid: $9 x 3 = $27
$27 - $2 = $25 (that the hotel clerk has)
There is no missing $1

Spot on.

[ltd]

Originally Posted by pennybrain

The bellhop has $2.
Men paid: $9 x 3 = $27
$27 - $2 = $25 (that the hotel clerk has)
There is no missing $1

exactly

[Venomous]

Haha you have to remember the men are actually paying more then the room cost, you are overlooking the fact that they payed for the room plus the bell boys tip of two dollars.

Room cost = $8.33 each
Bellboys Tip = 67c

No money has gone missing its just worded trickerly

[Black XR6]

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http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...ighlight=hotel

[4.9 EF Futura]

That's a stingy *** tip!

[Venomous]

Lol fixed it up, wasnt meant to be .67c was meant to be 67c. But yeah, they are unaware they are giving him the tip.

[blutura]

hmmm, more importantly, what are the three men doing in one very, very cheap hotel room?

[GRNKPR]

Originally Posted by blutura

hmmm, more importantly, what are the three men doing in one very, very cheap hotel room?

and all together : : : : : :

[DJR David]

Gst!!!!!!

[EB Pete]

heres another;

a man goes to work and catches the lift up to the 7th floor. he then walks 5 stories of steps and reaches his office floor. at the end of the day he takes the lift from his floor to the ground floor. why can't he take the lift to his office floor in the mouning?

[pennybrain]

Originally Posted by EB Pete

heres another;

a man goes to work and catches the lift up to the 7th floor. he then walks 5 stories of steps and reaches his office floor. at the end of the day he takes the lift from his floor to the ground floor. why can't he take the lift to his office floor in the mouning?

Hes fat and needs the excersise

[ltd]

Originally Posted by EB Pete

heres another;

a man goes to work and catches the lift up to the 7th floor. he then walks 5 stories of steps and reaches his office floor. at the end of the day he takes the lift from his floor to the ground floor. why can't he take the lift to his office floor in the mouning?

Because he is too short to reach the "12" button on the lift controls.

[Walkinshaw]

Originally Posted by ltd

Because he is too short to reach the "12" button on the lift controls.

If that is the intended answer, that is the most ridiculous quiz/challenge ever

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

If that is the intended answer, that is the most ridiculous quiz/challenge ever

Unfortunately I believe that is the correct answer.....

[EB Pete]

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

If that is the intended answer, that is the most ridiculous quiz/challenge ever

do you have a better one that isn't ridiculos?

[ltd]

Whats the one about the ice melting in a grain silo with the roof open and someone dead on the floor in a puddle of water?

[ltd]

Here's an easy one.

Two girls are born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?

[GCFordChic]

Originally Posted by ltd

Two girls are born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?

It would be a mammoth effort for a game woman to do what i was thinking (and what was suggested by someone else) and have another girl under 12 months later on the same day of the week, but i was also thinking that a surrogate mother could give birth to a girl at the same time as the natural mother, thereby making them "to" the same natural mother. If we wanna think abstractly...

Another one...

Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it, but almost nobody takes it. What is it?

[qwigybo]

Originally Posted by GCFordChic

It would be a mammoth effort for a game woman to do what i was thinking (and what was suggested by someone else) and have another girl under 12 months later on the same day of the week, but i was also thinking that a surrogate mother could give birth to a girl at the same time as the natural mother, thereby making them "to" the same natural mother. If we wanna think abstractly...

Another one...

Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it, but almost nobody takes it. What is it?

intercourse in the batty
haha

[Jeld-Wen Falcon]

Same day eg: Tuesday but 9+ months apart?

[thefargo]

could be 2/3 of triplets, with the third being a male (poor fella)

[ltd]

correct thefargo, they are two of triplets.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?