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Problems with cheap hotels...
3 men stay at a hotel which costs £30, so they split it £10 each. But, one of the guys remembers its wednesday, so its £5 off making it £25 for the room. So the receptionist brings up the £5 that is owed to the 3 guys. So each guy takes back a pound each and then gives the rest (£2) to the lady. so this means that they have paid £9 each for the room (9x3=£27) plus the £2 they gave to the woman is £29. Where has that £1 gone?
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Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Be careful. You'll hurt a few pretty brains today.
The men didn't pay £9 each for the room. They paid £9.333 each. Multiply that by three and add £2 gives you £30.
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 9658363)
3 men stay at a hotel which costs £30, so they split it £10 each. But, one of the guys remembers its wednesday, so its £5 off making it £25 for the room. So the receptionist brings up the £5 that is owed to the 3 guys. So each guy takes back a pound each and then gives the rest (£2) to the lady. so this means that they have paid £9 each for the room (9x3=£27) plus the £2 they gave to the woman is £29. Where has that £1 gone?
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Talking of cheap.....anyone know when the Cellar Bar at HoJo's opens up again?
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Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
The men paid £27 (3x£9), of which £25 goes to the hotel and £2 to the lady. Simples.
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Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Originally Posted by Oyibopeppeh
(Post 9658385)
Talking of cheap.....anyone know when the Cellar Bar at HoJo's opens up again?
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Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Originally Posted by Ethos83
(Post 9658380)
Be careful. You'll hurt a few pretty brains today.
The men didn't pay £9 each for the room. They paid £9.333 each. Multiply that by three and add £2 gives you £30. |
Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
You wish to argue to the contrary, Mr Oxbridge?
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 9660507)
you dunce. go and stand in the corner.
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Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Originally Posted by Ethos83
(Post 9660547)
You wish to argue to the contrary, Mr Oxbridge?
If they all paid 9.333 each - where is the change? |
Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Sorry Mr Oxbridge. Meant to say that each man's share of the £30 was actually £9.33 which accounts for the 'missing' £1.
For those who don't follow: 1. Each men contributed £10. 2. The hotel returned £5, which reduced the bill to £25. 3. Each man's share of £25 is now £8.33. 4. Out of the £5 the men gave £2 as a tip. 5. Each man kept £1. 5. £8.33 x 3 + £3 + £2 = £30. No money disappeared. The fractions changed. The riddle contained a falsehood - that each man paid £9, which isn't true. |
Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Originally Posted by Ethos83
(Post 9660595)
Sorry Mr Oxbridge. Meant to say that each man's share of the £30 was actually £9.33 which accounts for the 'missing' £1.
For those who don't follow: 1. Each men contributed £10. 2. The hotel returned £5, which reduced the bill to £25. 3. Each man's share of £25 is now £8.33. 4. Out of the £5 the men gave £2 as a tip. 5. Each man kept £1. 5. £8.33 x 3 + £3 + £2 = £30. No money disappeared. The fractions changed. The riddle contained a falsehood - that each man paid £9, which isn't true. The riddle contained a falsehood - that each man paid £9, which isn't true. Each man handed over £10, got £1 back, so paid £9, and then donated £2 between them (so £2/3) as a tip: £10-1 = £9 3 x £9 = £27 3 x £2/3 = £2 £27 + £2 = £29 Aaaagghhhhhhh.... |
Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Look at it this way:
Three men did not get £1 each back. Three men got £5 back. 5/3 = £1.66 The revised bill meant each man paid £10 - £1.66 = £8.33 for the room. They chose to give a tip of £2 to the receptionist. Each man's share of the tip is 66p. That brings the total cost of each man's share of the room and tip to £8.33 + 66p = £9. £9 x 3 = £27. So out of the initial £30, the men spent £27, which left £1 change per man. 'this means that they have paid £9 each for the room (9x3=£27) plus the £2 they gave to the woman' is a false statement.
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 9660608)
Yeah but, no but, yeah but...
The riddle contained a falsehood - that each man paid £9, which isn't true. Each man handed over £10, got £1 back, so paid £9, and then donated £2 between them (so £2/3) as a tip: £10-1 = £9 3 x £9 = £27 3 x £2/3 = £2 £27 + £2 = £29 Aaaagghhhhhhh.... |
Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
my head now hurts
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Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
Originally Posted by Ethos83
(Post 9660670)
Look at it this way:
Three men did not get £1 each back. Three men got £5 back. 5/3 = £1.66 The revised bill meant each man paid £10 - £1.66 = £8.33 for the room. They chose to give a tip of £2 to the receptionist. Each man's share of the tip is 66p. That brings the total cost of each man's share of the room and tip to £8.33 + 66p = £9. £9 x 3 = £27. So out of the initial £30, the men spent £27, which left £1 change per man. 'this means that they have paid £9 each for the room (9x3=£27) plus the £2 they gave to the woman' is a false statement. |
Re: Problems with cheap hotels...
This is what happens when you pay with fiat money, your wealth mysteriously and unexplainably loses value.:D
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Yeah, well, I get paid to hunt down missing money.
Minor directors in satellite offices now cower when my email arrives in their inbox.
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 9660779)
I salute you for your ability to make a simple answer so complicated.
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