document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=116310>Question 116310</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3 men go into a motel.  The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A while later, the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5.  On the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split the $5 evenly between the 3 men, so he gave each man $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27; add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where is the other dollar?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #84606 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=84606\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It should amount to the same thing if the 3 men selt one of them to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "collect the $5  (assuming they knew what was going on) and give<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the bellboy a  $2 tip.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Then, They will have paid $30 - $3 = $27. If the bellboy gave the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tip back (not likely, but if he did) Then the 3 men will have been charged<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$25 for the room as the desk man wanted. In other words,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the $2 gets subtracted from the $27, not added to it. </SPAN>\n" );
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