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| Where Is The Missing $1, Even Accountants Cannot Find It by smile4kenn(m): 3:31am On Jan 04, 2013 |
Three ladies go to a restaurant for a meal. They receive a bill for $30. They each put $10 on the table, which the waiter collects and takes to the till. The cashier informs the waiter that the bill should only have been for $25 and returns $5 to the waiter in $1 coins. On the way back to the table the waiter realizes that he cannot divide the coins equally between the ladies. As they didn’t know the total of the revised bill, he decides to put $2 in his own pocket and give each of the ladies $1. Now that each lady has been given a dollar back, each of the ladies has paid $9. Three times 9 is 27. The waiter has $2 in his pocket. Two plus 27 is $29. The ladies originally handed over $30. Where is the missing dollar? I’ve seen lots of longwinded explanations for this puzzle; can anyone post concisely what really happened to the missing dollar? |
| Re: Where Is The Missing $1, Even Accountants Cannot Find It by seedord247(m): 4:09am On Jan 04, 2013 |
With the waiter.  |
| Re: Where Is The Missing $1, Even Accountants Cannot Find It by pafo(m): 11:30pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
Dont multiply. Add $25 plus d 3 $1=$28 plus 2 with d waiter= $30. |
| Re: Where Is The Missing $1, Even Accountants Cannot Find It by Zikstar4me(m): 11:25am On Jan 07, 2013 |
@poster, did u get this question from "the art of problem solving" |
| Re: Where Is The Missing $1, Even Accountants Cannot Find It by ameristu: 6:29pm On Jan 09, 2013 |
The ladies have paid $9.99 each. |
| Re: Where Is The Missing $1, Even Accountants Cannot Find It by kakakibuy(m): 12:42pm On Apr 05, 2013 |
smile4kenn: Three ladies go to a restaurant for a meal. They receive a bill for $30. They each put $10 on the table, which the waiter collects and takes to the till. The cashier informs the waiter that the bill should only have been for $25 and returns $5 to the waiter in $1 coins. On the way back to the table the waiter realizes that he cannot divide the coins equally between the ladies. As they didn’t know the total of the revised bill, he decides to put $2 in his own pocket and give each of the ladies $1. There's no dollar missing. This is a trick question. By diverting people's attention to the $2 with the waiter. Each woman got a dollar back which means each lady paid $9 but it also means that each lady is holding a dollar. so Three times $9 = 27 and three times $1 is 3..27+3 = 30. The waiter's $2 is from the 27.  |
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