SOLUTION: What property is violated here? �THE MISSING DOLLAR� SaveAs: TheMissingDollar Three men went to stay at a motel, & the man at the desk charged them $30.00 for their room

Question 199542: What property is violated here?
�THE MISSING DOLLAR� SaveAs: TheMissingDollar
Three men went to stay at a motel, & the man at the desk charged them $30.00 for their room. They split the cost, paying $10.00 each.
Later, the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men � that the actual cost should have been $25.00. The manager gives the bellboy five one-dollar bills, and tells him to give it to the men.
The bellboy figures � these guys didn�t give me a tip, & there�s no way I can evenly split five dollars three ways, so he stuck $2.00 in his pocket, & returned $3.00 to the men.
Now, each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room; [3 men] [$9.00 each] = $27.00.
The bellboy pocketed $2.00; [$27.00] + [$2.00] = $29.00.
[$29.00] � [$30.00] = - $1.00.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MISSING DOLLAR ?
Thanks,
Ken Crook
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The correct way to do is 25-27+2=0
The room cost 25 the paid 27 and the bellboy pocketed 2.
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Ed
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