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  • DCOFFICESERVICES
    Special Status

    • Oct 2007
    • 480

    Where is the £1.00?

    3 men need a room for the night and the hotel manager tells them it will cost £30.00.

    Each man hands over £10.00 and then head to the room.

    The hotel manager then realises the cost of the room should’ve have been just £25.00
    So he gives his porter £5.00 and tells him to give the 3 men their change.

    The porter decides that £5.00 is a bit difficult to split into 3 and so gives each man £1.00 and keeps £2.00 for himself.

    This means each man ACTUALLY paid £9.00 each

    So, 3 x £9.00 = £27.00 plus the £2.00 the porter kept = £29.00

    WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER £1.00??
  • Marincky
    General

    • Apr 2006
    • 4539

    #2
    Re: Where is the £1.00?

    I heard this one a long long time ago... but it still beats me!
    Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

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    • sedona
      Major General

      • Jun 2007
      • 2177

      #3
      Re: Where is the £1.00?

      I don't know where the pound went but I showed it to my wife (a british ex-pat to the US from Newcastle) and it's really driving her nuts. She can't stand the idea of losing a pound lol....

      Ken
      www.sedonaaromatherapie.com
      Ken

      If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girl friends. And they tolerated it and let us go ahead and play with our toys. Orson Wells

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      • sedona
        Major General

        • Jun 2007
        • 2177

        #4
        Re: Where is the £1.00?

        Did the pound disappear in the elevator.... with the handmaiden?
        Ken

        If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girl friends. And they tolerated it and let us go ahead and play with our toys. Orson Wells

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        • dankc908
          Second Lieutenant

          • Dec 2007
          • 131

          #5
          Re: Where is the £1.00?

          Actually the cost of the room is 2 pounds + 25 pounds (the 2 pounds stolen by the porter and the 25 pounds legitimately charged. The 3 pounds returned was the change for your grand total of 30 pounds. You are subtracting when you should be adding and vice-versa.
          Dan

          "'Tis better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." (A. Lincoln)

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          • adele1972
            Major

            • Nov 2007
            • 285

            #6
            Re: Where is the £1.00?

            Originally posted by DCOFFICESERVICES View Post
            3 men need a room for the night and the hotel manager tells them it will cost £30.00.

            Each man hands over £10.00 and then head to the room.

            The hotel manager then realises the cost of the room should’ve have been just £25.00
            So he gives his porter £5.00 and tells him to give the 3 men their change.

            The porter decides that £5.00 is a bit difficult to split into 3 and so gives each man £1.00 and keeps £2.00 for himself.

            This means each man ACTUALLY paid £9.00 each

            So, 3 x £9.00 = £27.00 plus the £2.00 the porter kept = £29.00

            WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER £1.00??

            THE COST OF THE ROOM IS £25.00

            DIVIDE BY THREE = £8.333P

            SO EACH PERSON SHOULD OF PAID £8.333p

            THE PORTER GAVE EACH PERSON £1 BACK
            SO EACH PERSON REALLY GOT BACK £9.333P
            IN RELATION TO THE COST OF THE ROOM!

            SO

            9.33 X 3 =27.990 + 2.00 THE PORTER HAD = 29.990 WITH THE POINT 9 BEEN ABOVE 0.5 THE FIGURE IS ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT POUND
            £30.00

            ANDY & ADELE :)
            Organic Baby
            www.little-butterfly.co.uk
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            • adele1972
              Major

              • Nov 2007
              • 285

              #7
              Re: Where is the £1.00?

              Originally posted by adele1972 View Post
              THE COST OF THE ROOM IS £25.00

              DIVIDE BY THREE = £8.333P

              SO EACH PERSON SHOULD OF PAID £8.333p

              THE PORTER GAVE EACH PERSON £1 BACK
              SO EACH PERSON REALLY GOT BACK £9.333P
              IN RELATION TO THE COST OF THE ROOM!

              SO

              9.33 X 3 =27.990 + 2.00 THE PORTER HAD = 29.990 WITH THE POINT 9 BEEN ABOVE 0.5 THE FIGURE IS ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT POUND
              £30.00

              ANDY & ADELE :)
              And for those that still cannot get their head around it.


              first and foremost, focus on the cost of the room, £25.00.

              The man who decided the room was £25 gave the proter £5.00, Rightly so.

              The proter made the error of not giving enough change to each person. and he stole £2.00 of their change and would have been sacked if he had been one of my emplyee's

              Each person should have been given £1.66

              The £27 pounds comes form mulityplying what each person has been given back. and bears no relation to the cost of the room.

              £27.00 is not the cost of the room.

              If you are still stuck, go to www.useyourowncalcalator.com

              heheh :0 )
              Organic Baby
              www.little-butterfly.co.uk
              Please review my site: Thank You :)
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