Three guys went to a restaurant and ordered lunch. The check came up to $30 and each paid $10. Then the manager found out that there was a mistake in billing. the check was only for $25. So the manager gave $5 to the bell boy and asked him to return to the guys. The bell boy pocketed $2 from the $5 and gave $3 to the guys and they took $1 each.

But the problem is:
It looks like each one of them got $1 back and so paid $9 for the meal. If we total this it amounts to $27 ($9*3) and the bell boy kept $2 and this totals to $29, where is the remaining $1?

I have heard this before in Nepal but someone please help solve this....it is eating my head for a long time.

thanks

manab,

9*3=27, this includes the $2 that the waiter took. So no need to add $2 to $27 again.

Ok. Manab, the problem lies in the way the question is being asked.

Here's the solution:

Price paid by three guys should equal to the price recieved by the restaurant, right?
And the price recieved by the restaurant = price recieved by the manager + price recieved by the bell boy, right?

So, the guys paid $27 (3*$9) dollars in total for lunch (even though $25 was the actual cost), which is equal to what the manager recieved ($25) and what the bellboy recieved ($2).


So, that $1 dollar which had you confused did not go anywhere; it got lost when the question was asked, and I have already said, the question has a flaw.

खै के हो के?

आफुले त न question बुझ्या हो, न answer ले sense ला हो।

पुन्टे ज्यान को खप्परै सानो। हिसाब भनेसी पिसाबै आउने!

no solution is the answer

aaaaa, yo question ta hamro SLC ko test ma pani aaye ko thyio....tara i stapled 100rs on that page. i hope i got it rite.