document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170108>Question 170108</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three men are attending a math conference together.  To save money, they decide to share a room.  Upon entering the hotel, the man behind the desk states that the room is $30.  Each man reaches into his pocket and pays the man behind the counter $10.  The men head up to their room.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An hour later the manager realizes that the man behind the front desk chargered the men too much. The room is at a reduced rate for all ‘conference go-ers’.  Instead of $30, the room is actually $25.  The manager hands the bellboy five one-dollar bills and tells him to return the $5 to the three men.  Well, the bellboy was not an honest boy&#61516;.  He knew that the three men didn’t know that they were receiving money back, so he only returned $3 to the men and pocketed the other $2.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that instead of each paying $10, each of the three men paid $9.  If you multiply $9 by three, you will get $27.  If you add the $2 in the bellboy’s pocket, you get $29.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The men originally paid $30…where is the other dollar???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no \"other dollar\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. The men originally paid $30----it went into the manager's cash register<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. The manager realized that he charged too much, so he gave the bellboy five dollars to return to the men ($25 in cash register $5 in bellboys's hand)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.  The bellboy gave each man one dollar back and kept 2 dollars for himself ($25 in register, each man has $1 =$28 plus the $2 the bellboy kept=$30)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way to look at it is as follows: The statement that the men paid $27 for the room is incorrect---they paid $25 for the room and got fleeced out of $2 by the bellboy ($27-$2=$25 and that jives with whats in the cash register)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Gotta keep track of where the $$$ are, otherwise the fingers may leave the hand.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor<BR>\n" );
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