Just to confuse you...

[Sharon]

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 is a total of $27. Add to that the $2 the bellboy kept and the total is $29. Where is the other dollar?

 

[yakky doodle]

taxes

 

[SxyPrincess]

Trick question - it's all in the wording.

 

[pixiegirl]

Originally posted by kwillia
Then please shed some light. Inquiring minds wanna know!

Sxy is right.

$30 (original price) - $5 (for overpayment) = $25 (revised price)

$25 / 3 (men) = $8.333333

so each man paid $8.333333 for the room ($8.33333 x 3 = $25), each man got $1 refund ($1 x 3 = 3), plus the bellboy got his $2.


$25 + $3 + $2 = $30

 

[yakky doodle]

Originally posted by pixiegirl
Sxy is right.

$30 (original price) - $5 (for overpayment) = $25 (revised price)

$25 / 3 (men) = $8.333333

so each man paid $8.333333 for the room ($8.33333 x 3 = $25), each man got $1 refund ($1 x 3 = 3), plus the bellboy got his $2.


$25 + $3 + $2 = $30

That's IT! EMA will be busting down your door now that you finally proved yourself

 

[Tonio]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/dollar.htm

 

[pixiegirl]

Originally posted by yakky doodle
That's IT! EMA will be busting down your door now that you finally proved yourself

Hurry someone call them quick!

 

[pixiegirl]

Originally posted by Tonio
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/dollar.htm

You cheated, I figured it out myself!

 

[yakky doodle]

I still say it went to taxes

 

[pixiegirl]

Originally posted by kwillia
Geez, Pix... what would us programmers do without you'ze financial analyst? When I work it backwards, it adds up. I think the pinkeye infection has entered the brain.

Unfortunately my job consists of problems like this.

We have $100,000 is Task 1 that is open until 30 Dec. On 1 Oct $99,000 has been spent and Pixie sends out an email telling everyone to stop charging to it because there is no money left. On 1 Dec Pixie's boss pulls a Status Report and $140,000 has been charged to Task 1. On 2 Dec Pixie's boss tells her to make the $40,000 overrun go away.

Now that's a special trick!

 

[Otter]

Originally posted by Sharon
3 men go into a motel.

Of course these 3 men are the Rawhide Kid and the Ambigously Gay Duo, right??

 

[justhangn]

Originally posted by pixiegirl
Unfortunately my job consists of problems like this.

We have $100,000 is Task 1 that is open until 30 Dec. On 1 Oct $99,000 has been spent and Pixie sends out an email telling everyone to stop charging to it because there is no money left. On 1 Dec Pixie's boss pulls a Status Report and $140,000 has been charged to Task 1. On 2 Dec Pixie's boss tells her to make the $40,000 overrun go away.

Now that's a special trick!

 

[yakky doodle]

Re: Re: Just to confuse you...

Originally posted by otter
Of course these 3 men are the Rawhide Kid and the Ambigously Gay Duo, right??

 

[Kyle]

Originally posted by pixiegirl
...

Now that's a special trick!

Don't they usually give you a special room and jumpsuit for this? With a balcony overlooking guys with shotguns?

 

[RoseRed]

Originally posted by pixiegirl
Sxy is right.

$30 (original price) - $5 (for overpayment) = $25 (revised price)

$25 / 3 (men) = $8.333333

so each man paid $8.333333 for the room ($8.33333 x 3 = $25), each man got $1 refund ($1 x 3 = 3), plus the bellboy got his $2.


$25 + $3 + $2 = $30

Would you please go take my math test for me this Thursday evening?
This is me --->

 

[SxyPrincess]

Originally posted by pixiegirl
Unfortunately my job consists of problems like this.

We have $100,000 is Task 1 that is open until 30 Dec. On 1 Oct $99,000 has been spent and Pixie sends out an email telling everyone to stop charging to it because there is no money left. On 1 Dec Pixie's boss pulls a Status Report and $140,000 has been charged to Task 1. On 2 Dec Pixie's boss tells her to make the $40,000 overrun go away.

Now that's a special trick!

Me too! The Admin. Director always sends e-mails once a grant is terminated. People (not me) continually bill to it. Ugh.....

 

[SxyPrincess]

Why is everyone giving all the credit to Pixie? I'm the one who answered it correctly. I just didn't happen to explain myself.

 

[justhangn]

Originally posted by SxyPrincess
Why is everyone giving all the credit to Pixie? I'm the one who answered it correctly. I just didn't happen to explain myself.

tisk tisk tisk, were you not taught to show your work??

 

[yakky doodle]

Originally posted by justhangn
tisk tisk tisk, were you not taught to show your work??

she can't show you her fingers and toes JH!

 

[justhangn]

Originally posted by yakky doodle
she can't show you her fingers and toes JH!

:silly: ME!