math word problem?

[buddy]

some time ago, there was a supposedly unsolveable math problem floating around the internet about three men who stayed in a hotel and were charged thirty dollars for a room, but only should have been charged twenty-five.

anyone know how the details of how this problem was presented?

thanks

 

[ripken8]

Three men go to stay at a motel, and the man at the desk charges them $30.00 for a room. They split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, that the actual cost should have been $25.00. The manager gives the bellboy $5.00 and tells him to give it to the men.

The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.

Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room and 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?

 

[ageecee]

The room should cost $28 thus they owe $9.33





Am i right?

 

[ripken8]

uh no...

 

[zoomer]

Three men go to stay at a motel, and the man at the desk charges them $30.00 for a room. They split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, that the actual cost should have been $25.00. The manager gives the bellboy $5.00 and tells him to give it to the men.

The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.

Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room and 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?

I have no idea but can you give me the name of that hotel with $25 rooms. Thanks.

 

[buddy]

ripken,

thanks much.

need it to challenge a teenage know-it-all.

 

[Slink Dawg]

What's the answer?

 

[LetsMakeMoney]

some time ago, there was a supposedly unsolveable math problem floating around the internet about three men who stayed in a hotel and were charged thirty dollars for a room, but only should have been charged twenty-five.

anyone know how the details of how this problem was presented?

thanks

they got ripped off $15 :shrug:

 

[SHARP SHOOTER]

I think it is just a technicallity in the wording of the math problem, because if you take the dollar back from the 3 men and the 2 dollars back from the bellboy and the 25 dollars that the manager has it equals 30, so techniclly the dollar does not go anywhere. Very annoying that this is unsolveable.

 

[godsfavoritedog]

It's not really a math problem is it??? I think the answer's in the wording. It's intentionally misleading to throw you off. Instead of "which is a total of $27.00; plus the $2.00 the Bell Boy pocketed" it should say ""which is a total of $27.00; including the $2.00 the Bell Boy pocketed", which is the right calculation and shows that the room was actually $25.00, the bellboy's stolen share $2.00 and the refund $3.00. I hope this explanation makes sense. :shrug:


Edit: Looks like sharpshooter beat me to it. :mj06:

 

[CryBoy]

The "3 men in a motel room" throws off everybody.

 

[Will_D3]

Manager 25
bellboy 2
3men(1each) 3
--
30 Google search =very helpful

 

[BADTODABONE]

The "3 men in a motel room" throws off everybody.

can't be as bad as 2 girls, one cup

 

[Agent 0659]

A horny man came into a adult store and bought a porn DVD movie. The DVD was priced at 19 dollars and costs the store owner 14 dollars. The young man gave the store owner a one hundred dollar bill to pay for the DVD. The genius owner did not have enough changes so he went to a neighboring store and got one hundred dollars of change. He then gave 81 dollars back to the horny man. A short while later the neighboring store owner told him that the bill was a counterfeit bill, so the store owner had to give one hundred dollars back to the neighboring store owner. The question is how much money had the store owner lost during this business transaction?

 

[Agent 0659]

A person bought a chicken for 5 dollars and sold it later for 7 dollars. He then felt he could do better, so he bought it back for 9 dollars and sold it to another person for 12 dollars. How much money did he make?

 

[marine]

A horny man came into a adult store and bought a porn DVD movie. The DVD was priced at 19 dollars and costs the store owner 14 dollars. The young man gave the store owner a one hundred dollar bill to pay for the DVD. The genius owner did not have enough changes so he went to a neighboring store and got one hundred dollars of change. He then gave 81 dollars back to the horny man. A short while later the neighboring store owner told him that the bill was a counterfeit bill, so the store owner had to give one hundred dollars back to the neighboring store owner. The question is how much money had the store owner lost during this business transaction?

$195 was money lost.

 

[marine]

A person bought a chicken for 5 dollars and sold it later for 7 dollars. He then felt he could do better, so he bought it back for 9 dollars and sold it to another person for 12 dollars. How much money did he make?

he "made" 5 dollars.

 

[Jabberwocky]

gomer, you are one sad little kumquat.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Heres one for you Buddy--
Store has Christmas sale--Owner tells clerk to mark everything down 20%. Next day he tells clerk to put everything back to original price--what % does he have to increase sale price to get back to original price.

 

[jr11]

If the bellboy were to give the 3 guys their 5 back, it would be split 3 ways or 1.667 would come off of their 10, hence each guy paying 8.33 for the room or 25 total. Since the boy gave each guy back 1.00, their new total would be 9.333 each or 28 total, and he pockets 2 which in turn equals the 30 from what we started with.

jr11