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Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by busuyem: 8:48pm On Nov 23, 2014
Here's the puzzle:

"Three guests check into a hotel room.
The front desk officer says the bill is
N30,000, so each guest pays N10,000.
Later the front desk officer realizes the
bill should only be N25,000. To fix this, he gives the attendant N5,000
to return to the guests. On the way to the
room, the attendant realizes that he
cannot divide the money equally. Since
the guests didn't know the total of the
revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest N1,000 and keep N2,000
as a tip for himself. Each guest got N1,000 back: so now each
guest only paid N9,000; bringing the total
paid to N27,000. The attendant has
N2,000. And N27,000 + N2,000 = N29,000
so, if the guests originally handed over
N30,000, what happened to the remaining N1,000?"
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 9:01pm On Nov 23, 2014
I don't know. smiley

Seriously now, he gives back N3,000. So they in effect paid N25,000 + N3,000 = N28,000. The attendant kept N2,000 to himself, so problem solved!

The jargon you wrote afterwards is just to confuse the gullible. wink

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Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Truth24(m): 9:07pm On Nov 23, 2014
Dis kwesion get as e be ooo.... I don count my fingers tire ...
I no wan run mad abeg
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 9:18pm On Nov 23, 2014
30,000 - 5000 - 25,000

Each paid 10,000 x 3 - 30,000

Returned 1,000 each, that is 9,000 x 3 equals 27,000
Remaining 2,000

27,000 + 2,000 equals 29,000

I nor see am abeg
Tell us whr u hide am?
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by sulmeza(m): 9:59pm On Nov 23, 2014
Question 4 sango...dy paid 25k..3k ws returnd 2 em nd d attendant kept 2k..dat simple....d 25k is nt equally divisible by 3 in d firstplace...xo abeg no wreck ma brain..lol
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by olusolaj(m): 10:37pm On Nov 23, 2014
That 1000 is wat really make up 25k.

Initial (total amount paid ) = 10k + 10k + 10k = 30k
After (transaction analysis) = 25k + 3k + 2k = 30k

Since initial = after, then acct is balanced.

Note: 10k is amount paid by each guest
25k is the total cost
3k is total refund
2k is bein kept by bellhop
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 12:17am On Nov 24, 2014
The guests paid #30000; making it #30000/3 for each guest. #5000 is to be returned, this shows that each guest had paid #25000/3 + the #1000 each would receive. Simple.
No missing money bros:
#25000 to the hotel
#2000 to billhop
#1000 each to the guest
TOTAL: #30000
Re: Who Can Help Unravel This Puzzle? by Nobody: 12:23am On Nov 24, 2014
The guests paid #30000; making it #30000/3 for each guest. #5000 is to be returned, this shows that each guest had paid #25000/3, + the #1000 each would receive. Simple.
No missing money bros:
#25000 to the hotel
#2000 to billhop
#1000 each to the guest
TOTAL: #30000

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