Question 170108


There is no "other dollar"

1. The men originally paid $30----it went into the manager's cash register
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)
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)

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)

Gotta keep track of where the $$$ are, otherwise the fingers may leave the hand.



Hope this helps---ptaylor