Omfg, Where Is The Other Dollar!?

[Neo]

3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS $30, SO
EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.

A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO
HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.

ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY
BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1 AND KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR
HIMSELF.

THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF
$27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.

WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR? :eek:

[Colezy]

I've been given that many times to work out, BUT STILL CAN'T DO IT!

[##thelivingendfan##]

hahaha we did this in maths!
i know the answer!!

i wont ruin it for anybody else!
or will i?..
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no, i wont! lol

[WhitefalconTLE44]

OMG!!!!!! That hurts my head:(

[|<3|]

OMG work it out yo'self

[Neo]

way to go Kylie!!

[Infiction]

this is just no fun when you can't cheat yourself and look at the answer.

[Sarah]

I figured it out.

Think about how you would solve the problem yourself to start with. Don't just follow along cos it looks like it makes sense.

[|<3|]

im pretty sure my reasoning is correct. Perhaps I am just not explaining it right.

[Colezy]

I know a few people who have figured it out, and one of them once told me, but then I forgot it a week or so later :p

[Sarah]

im pretty sure my reasoning is correct. Perhaps I am just not explaining it right.

yeah, thats right Kylie!

[|<3|]

hooray! I might edit it so others can work it out for themselves

[Neo]

I don't get why the last sentance makes sense though! no wonder I failed maths haha

[|<3|]

Im a maths retard and i think it has more to do with thinking and questioning stuff than maths.

[Colezy]

OH WAIT!! I'm pretty sure I know the answer! :p

I am thinking of a similar riddle that dad had emailed me once. I had to ask him to make sure I was thinking of the right one though! :p

[Kacky]

Damnit, these things are confusing sometimes.

[Strider]

This is how a mathematical scam artist managed to commit a huge amount of fraud. He tricked people into this exact scenario to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. The answer is that you simply cannot use different math equasion's for one problem. You must deal with each person seperately with seperate money otherwise the maths don't work.

[worry_rock]

Sigh. This riddle has been posted on the forum before. And even when the answer was explained, PEOPLE STILL INSISTED THAT IT DIDN'T WORK which resulted in me getting very annoyed and frustrated. So perhaps I shall stay clear of this.

[Sarah]

haha, i seem to remember that. The answers were put up (a couple of times on every page) and people still said it was all wrong...forgot it was this question though!

i seem to remember being very frustrated with this whole forum for not actually reading any posts before posting, fun times :p

[|<3|]

Woah, I don't remember it being posted here before. I'm in a riddling mood now though.

[May]

Sif the guy at the desk would bother sending someone to hand back $5

[Kacky]

Still don't have a clue. :p

[|<3|]

Start at the beginning and ignore what it says at the end. Its mostly there to throw you off.

[Caity]

Oh man I'm just too good.

[Craigels]

I think I know, it's just a little hard to explain...

[drifta_21]

Damn I'm a n00b they didn't pay $9, they technically paid $8.33333333 right?

[Colezy]

No, they didn't :p

[drifta_21]

Wha? Really? Crap, I thought I was smart for a sec.

[private_eye]

haha this was the topic of many debate on the byron trip. the general consensus was that it's in the money he gave her.

here's another one.

if i have one apple in my hand, and multiply it by 0, how many apples are in my hand?

[Neo]

one/ that one is a no brainer

[lozzamouldy]

a man is found lying dead in a field. naked. no footprints leading to the scene. no-one saw him die. the only thing in the field is a broken matchstick lying nexto him. how did he die?

[private_eye]

i dunno that one. but the one about the apple caused hours of debates.

[damo0945]

a man is found lying dead in a field. naked. no footprints leading to the scene. no-one saw him die. the only thing in the field is a broken matchstick lying nexto him. how did he die?

is that similar to the one:

Charles and Margaret are found dead on the floor surrounded by water and broken glass, how did they die?

[mel_bound]

I worked it out, faulty logic mannnnnnn

[Deadcat Kaye]

You got a 5 litre Jug and a 3 litre Jug...how do you fill the 5 litre just upto EXACTLY 4 litres using only the jugs to measure. Nothing more??? :)

[Caity]

Quite easily.

[Colezy]

First up, you can't fill the 5 litre to 3 litre's, you need to empty it to 3 :p

You'd just tip some out of the 5 into the 3 until they're even : )

[Deadcat Kaye]

Well, nobody could get it in my english class :p

But I spose it is swinburne....:p

[Sarah]

don't you kids watch die hard?

[Ben reed]

You got a 5 litre Jug and a 3 litre Jug...how do you fill the 5 litre just upto EXACTLY 4 litres using only the jugs to measure. Nothing more??? :)

ok i figured it out
and i didnt look at anyone elses
fill up the 5 litre
pour the water into the 3 litre so u have 3 litres in the 3 litre and 2 in the 5 litre jugs
pour out the water from the 3 litre jug and then pour the 2 litres of water from the 5 litre jug into the 3 litre jug
you then fill up the 5 litre jug and pour water into the 3 litre jug untill its full
u will now have 4 litres in the 5 litre jug

wow complicated explanation
but i hope i got it right...