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#1 2005-11-24 11:26 am
- vaeaglesfan
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Does this make any sense?
Read this and see if it makes any sense. I just woke up, maybe I'll get it after lunch or something.
Please forgive all the grammatical errors, I copy & pasted from another source.
Three men go to a hotel and buy a room. The room costs 30$ so each man paid 10$. Later, the manager realized that the room only costs 25$. The manager sends one of his employees upstairs with the 5$. The employee didn't know how to split the 5$ between the three men so he gave each man 1$ and kept two for himself. If he gave each man 1$ back this means that they only paid 9$ each for the room right?
9 x 3 = 27. 27+ the two dollars the employee kept for himself is only 29. Where is the other dollar?
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#2 2005-11-24 11:58 am
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Re: Does this make any sense?
Old puzzle.
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#3 2005-11-24 12:49 pm
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Re: Does this make any sense?
Tallgeese wrote:
Old puzzle.
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#4 2005-11-24 1:08 pm
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Re: Does this make any sense?
Tallgeese wrote:
Old puzzle.
C'mon, it's always new to somebody, and today it is vaeaglefan's turn.
The problem is that the puzzle mixes 2 separate groups of money: one involving the three men, the other involving the manager and the employee. The three men have paid $27, of which the manager has $25 and the employee has $2.
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#5 2005-11-24 7:56 pm
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Re: Does this make any sense?
Why is everyone on this board a smart ass?
Thank you, D'Eyncourt.
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#6 2005-11-24 10:17 pm
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#7 2005-11-25 2:21 am
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#8 2005-11-25 9:37 am
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Re: Does this make any sense?
mr. penguin wrote:
wow. geesie and peach are everyone.
In my mind I'm everyone.
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#9 2005-11-25 11:26 am
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Re: Does this make any sense?
Tallgeese wrote:
mr. penguin wrote:
wow. geesie and peach are everyone.
In my mind I'm everyone.
Have I told you lately that I love you?
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#10 2005-11-25 11:39 am
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And I love you, peach.
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#11 2005-11-25 12:19 pm
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#12 2005-11-27 11:19 am
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mr. penguin wrote:
wow. geesie and peach are everyone.
a.k.a. smart-ass comment.
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#13 2005-11-27 2:46 pm
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#14 2005-11-27 4:11 pm
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Barbara please!
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#15 2005-11-27 7:14 pm
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#16 2005-11-27 11:53 pm
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Re: Does this make any sense?
So let me get this right someone please correct me if im wrong...
it is adding the 2 dollars the employee kept twice
it is not adding the 3 dollars they got back
they each paid 10 or 30 all together
30-3=27
the employee has 2
27-2=25
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