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Old 03-04-2007, 05:34 PM
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niceroc, He purposely ***** up the math to bugger with your head.


Each man paid $10 for a $30 room. Room ends up being $25. Bellhop cannot split $5 into 3 men, so he keeps $2 for himself, and gives the blokes back $1 each ($3).

However, the video then says "if each man got a dollar back, each one only paid $9". So $9 x 3 = $27. Then it goes on to say that the Bellhop kept $2 for himself, and proceeds to add the $2 to the total, to bring it to $29. But that's incorrect. What you should do is subtract the $2, to bring the total to $25 (the cost of the room), then add the $5 they should have gotten back as a refund to bring the grand total to $30.

There is no 'other dollar'.
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Old 03-04-2007, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
niceroc, He purposely ***** up the math to bugger with your head.


Each man paid $10 for a $30 room. Room ends up being $25. Bellhop cannot split $5 into 3 men, so he keeps $2 for himself, and gives the blokes back $1 each ($3).

However, the video then says "if each man got a dollar back, each one only paid $9". So $9 x 3 = $27. Then it goes on to say that the Bellhop kept $2 for himself, and proceeds to add the $2 to the total, to bring it to $29. But that's incorrect. What you should do is subtract the $2, to bring the total to $25 (the cost of the room), then add the $5 they should have gotten back as a refund to bring the grand total to $30.

There is no 'other dollar'.
yea i understood the first part of it as soon as i saw the vid, i just didnt undertsnad how the math in the vid was wrong, after thinking and ur explination, i realized the error, you shouldnt add the amount the bellhop has, you shoudl add the amount that the 3 guys are short of $10, ($3)
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