The Missing Dollar Riddle

2006-06-02 08:21:33

#26

UON: Junglist Massive; +223|6961

I was perfectly civil until this comment:

uber73 wrote:
someone throw him a life-ring, he is drowning here

Or do you expect me to take that lying down?

2006-06-02 08:35:26

#27

uber73: Member; +188|7060|Brisbane

its obvious u dont have a sense of humour dude, so just let this thread disappear, ok?
im not "attacking" you... note the smilie? fun? you know what that is?

2006-06-02 09:27:34

#28

mad scotsman: Member; +177|6916|scotland

the way these sort of riddles work is that the theory behind the maths isnt how maths works , therefore you get a wrong answer

2006-06-02 09:29:35

#29

nieker: THE FLYING DUTCH PENGUIN, THE NINTENDO PENGUIN; +191|6935|The Netherlands

dude tis riddle is on another treat(an OLD treat)
i will shearch it over an hour

2006-06-02 09:57:59

#30

Bubbalo: The Lizzard; +541|6869

uber73 wrote:
exactly

they paid $25/3 + $3, which is $9.333333 each

$9.33 x3 = $28

No, they paid $27, they should have paid $25.

2006-06-02 10:12:10

#31

uber73: Member; +188|7060|Brisbane

its been discussed mate we know

2006-06-02 10:33:02

#32

Boomer1120: Vagine Movie Thread Creator; +105|7050

rustynutz wrote:
broncobullfrog wrote:
three 'friends' in a room..hmmm
Three men in a room=Gay
Two men + one woman=still too gay for me
Two women+one man=Hot
Three women in a room=V.Hot!
Couldnt have said it better myself

I would've stopped at two women + one man = hot

cause 3 chicks in a room doesn't do a god damn thing for me if i'm not there...

2006-06-02 10:43:02

#33

Bubbalo: The Lizzard; +541|6869

uber73 wrote:
its been discussed mate we know

But how do you know you're right unless I say you are, duh!

2006-06-02 12:29:13

#34

WarmPudgy: Member; +41|6895|Arkansas

the real missing dollar :p

http://www.break.com/index/2money.html

2006-06-05 03:40:42

#35

=OBS= EstebanRey: Member; +256|6858|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

UnOriginalNuttah wrote:
Originally Paid $30 - refund $3 - nicked bit $2 = $25. Whoever wrote this adds the nicked bit to the $27 left after the refund, when they should deduct it from the $27 to find out how much was spent ($25). The clerk doesn't have any missing dollar, and it's nothing to do with fractional numbers. Listen to Snafu_CrplKruz.

It is about fraction and the fact that $25 doesn't divide by three. That website someone posted explains it very simply because it's for Children who don't understand fractions!

I can prove it by changing the 25 to 24 (which does divide by three, now look at the 'problem')

Three men went to a motel. The motel manager said a room cost $30, so each man put up $10 and went to their room. A little while later the manager realized the room was only $24, so he sent the bellhop back to the three guys' room with $6. On the way to the room the bellhop couldn't figure out how to split the $6 between the 3 men, so he gave each one of them $1 and he kept the other $3.
This meant that the 3 men paid $9 each for the room for a total of $27. Add the $3 that the bellhop kept = $30.

Obviously 6 does divide by three so we'll assume the bellhop just wanted to steal some money, but as you can see, when you replace the problem 25 with a number that does go into 3 the riddle loses it's mystery. Hence, the original wording is making you forget about the the three lots of 0.333333r (i.e 1) that is being kept by the clerk, ergo uber you were right in the first place

Last edited by =OBS= EstebanRey (2006-06-05 03:49:48)

2006-06-05 03:51:50

#36

THA: im a fucking .....well not now; +609|7078|AUS, Canberra

i cant belive this thread is still getting replies.

how can people not understand how it works still.

2006-06-05 03:56:40

#37

daffytag: cheese-it!; +104|6883

Snafu_CrplKruz wrote:
im in year 9 maths extention

NERD

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