The Motel Room



Three businessmen are in Cleveland for a convention. Since they are on a budget, they decide to spend the night at a motel that charges $30 per night for a room ($10 per man). The motel manager is in a good mood that night and decides to reimburse some of the money. He gives the bell boy $5 and tells him to give it to the three men. However, the bell boy is dishonest and figures that you cannot divide $5 evenly among three men, so he gives back $1 to each man and keeps the other $2 for himself.

Now, the businessmen have each paid $9 for the room, or $27 all together, and the bell boy has $2, for a total of $29.

What happened to the other $1?
I give up, show me the Answer


Copyright Erik Oosterwal - 2004
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