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Originally Posted by Dubyagee
I had to grid it out but came up with the German
Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the missing $1?
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There is no missing dollar. There is 25 dollars of their original money in the till, 2 dollars in the bell boy's pocket, and three dollars returned to the guests. 25 plus 2 plus 3 equals 30.
The Red Herring in this one is "Now each person...paid 9 dollars each", which throws everyone off.
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