Three men walk into a hotel and ask for a room.
They are told that there is only one available but they will have to share it. The price is £ 30:00.
The guys agree, chip in £ 10:00 each and go up to the room.
A little later, the owner of the hotel realises that the room should have been £ 25:00 and he has overcharged the guys by £ 5:00.
He calls the bell boy, gives him £ 5:00 and tells him to take it up to the guy's room and give them a refund.
On the way up to the room the bell boy decides that he is in a position to make a little extra cash so upon arriving at the room he gives each of the guys £ 1:00 each and puts the other £ 2:00. in his pocket.
Question 1. How much did each guy pay for the room?
Question 2. How much did the room cost the three guy's in total.
Question 3. How much did the bell boy 'Pocket'.
Answers.
1. They paid £ 9:00 each. (£ 10:00 minus the £ 1:00 refund).
2. Between them they paid £ 27:00 for the room (3 x £ 9:00).
3. The bell boy 'Pocketed' £ 2:00.
But! If the guys originally paid £ 30:00 for the room then ended up paying £ 27:00 and the bell boy 'Pocketed' £ 2:00. Where did the extra £ 1:00 go. .
But! If the guys originally paid £ 30:00 for the room then ended up paying £ 27:00 and the bell boy 'Pocketed' £ 2:00. Where did the extra £ 1:00 go. .
There is no extra £1.
The difference between the £27 and the £30 is the £3 that was refunded to the guys.
The difference between the £25 actual cost of the room and the £27 the guys ended up paying is the £2 that the bell boy pocketed.
Scary.
They actually paid £ 27:00 for the room (£10:00 minus £ 1:00 refund equates to £ 9:00 each. 3 x £ 9:00 is £ 27:00). Not £25:00 for the room plus the £ 3:00 given back which is £28:00. .
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