The Motel Room - Solution
by
Erik Oosterwal
The part about paying $30 up front to the motel manager is the part that
throws most people off to the correct solution. It is quickly assumed
that the remaining amounts of money quoted should add back up to that amount,
but they don't.
In reality, the business men each paid $9 for their room or $27 total. Of
that $27, $25 went to the motel manager, and $2 went to the bell boy.
Copyright Erik Oosterwal - 2004
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