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August 30th, 2005
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| Centurion | Post; BelboyThree people check into a hotel. They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets £2 and gives £1 to each person. Now each person paid £10 and got back £1. So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The bellboy has £2, totalling £29. Where is the missing £1? Gmail invites for the first 3 people with the correct answer
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August 30th, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | They paid 30 all up but should have paid 25 div by 3 = 8.33 per person get back 5 so 5-2(bell boy)-1-1-1=0 they have paid 10 each and got back 1, but really they each paid 9.33 8.33+1x3+2=29.99 That is my attempt but I will pass this on to my wife as she is the number crunching guru in our house.
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August 30th, 2005
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| Immunes | The correct answer is, there's nothing missing. 30(initial room charge) - 25 (real cost of room) = 5 (refund) 5(refund) - 2(bellboy's pocket) - 3(given to customers) = 0 missing |
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September 2nd, 2005
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter  | 30 men paid -5 to Bellboy +3 to men +2 to bellboy ___________ 30 total 30 - 5=25 25 + 3=28 28 + 2= 30
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