Question

Three Guys at A Hotel Riddle
Three guys rent a hotel room for the night. When they get to the hotel they pay the $30 fee, then go up to their room. Soon the bellhop brings up their bags and gives the lawyers back $5 because the hotel was having a special discount that weekend. So the three lawyers decide to each keep one of the $5 dollars and to give the bellhop a $2 tip. However, when they sat down to tally up their expenses for the weekend the could not explain the following details:

Each one of them had originally paid $10 (towards the initial $30), then each got back $1 which meant that they each paid $9. Then they gave the bellhop a $2 tip. HOWEVER, 3 • $9 + $2 = $29

The guys couldn't figure out what happened to the other dollar. After all, the three paid out $30 but could only account for $29.

Can you determine what happened?

Answer 1

They ended up paying $31 instead of $30

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-GoldenWolfX

Answer 2

Answer:Here is the real answer, they paid $30. It is the order of operations that tricks ya.

Step-by-step explanation:

So the guys each pay $10, they clerk hands 5 back to the bus boy and the bus boy took $3 because they didn't think they were gonna get a tip. The remaining $2 was given to the guys. So the bus boy has $3, the clerk has $25, the guys have $2, that's what want tricks ya. so they pay $30, 30 is divided into 3 portions, the largest equalling 25, the second largest being 3, the smallest being 2. 25+3=28   28+2=30 thats the real answer  hope this actually helps