Riddles

[lumberjim]

Three brothers check into a hotel. The clerk at the desk tells them that the room will be $30 for the night. Each brother takes a $10 bill out of their pocket and hand it over to the clerk. The Clerk hands them their key, and the bell hop takes the bags and the brothers up to the room.

When the bellhop returns, the clerk, being an honest clerk, tells him that he accidentally overcharged the brothers. The room should have been $25. So he tells the Bell hop to take five $1 bills back up to the brothers.

The bellhop, being of the criminal sort, realizes that there are three brothers, and if he just kept two, each would get one dollar back, and all would be even. So he does. The brothers are happy to get a dollar back, and they thoroughly enjoy their stay.

Now.

Let's do the math. If each brother had laid out ten, and gotten one back, they each spent nine. right? and the bell hop kept two, right. ok. three times nine is twentyseven.....plus two is twentynine. they started with thirty. Where's that other dollar, goddamnit?!

[Slartibartfast]

My philosophy teacher presented this particular 'riddle' as proof that lawyers should all be shot - as words and phrasing questions the right way can twist reality.

I'll keep my mouth shut about the answer to this, I want to see someone else tackle the question.:p

[elSicomoro]

The room was $25 for the night for all three of them. The bellhop kept $2. The brothers each got $1 back.

25+2+3=30

[That Guy]

"Please enter, my dear Aunt Sally."

Remember your order of operations.

[Beestie]

Where's that other dollar?

What "other" dollar? Be specific

[Sun_Sparkz]

Did the hotel under charge by $1??

the bellhop stole $2, leaving $3 for the boys...
so it is
3 x 10 = 30
30 - 25 = 5
5 - 3 = 2
so $28 dollars have gone to the boys
if its $9 each they pay = 27

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by Beestie

What "other" dollar? Be specific

three times nine is twentyseven.....plus two is twentynine. they started with thirty

the dollar between 29 & 30

[SteveDallas]

Originally posted by That Guy
"Please enter, my dear Aunt Sally."

Remember your order of operations.

I remember "my dear aunt Sally," but what do P & E stand for?

[vsp]

Originally posted by lumberjim
Let's do the math. If each brother had laid out ten, and gotten one back, they each spent nine. right? and the bell hop kept two, right. ok. three times nine is twentyseven.....plus two is twentynine. they started with thirty. Where's that other dollar, goddamnit?!

Sycamore already nailed it, but I'll rephrase it:

Three times nine is twenty-seven... MINUS (not PLUS) the two that the bellhop kept is twenty-five, which is what the actual bill was. The other three dollars from the original $30 are right where they should be, in the brothers' pockets.

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by vsp


Sycamore already nailed it, but I'll rephrase it:

Three times nine is twenty-seven... MINUS (not PLUS) the two that the bellhop kept is twenty-five, which is what the actual bill was. The other three dollars from the original $30 are right where they should be, in the brothers' pockets.

YEP, THAT'S IT


OK SOMEBODY ELSE GIVE UP A RIDDLE

[Kitsune]

A man is found dead in a field and next to him is a package. If he would have managed to open the package while he was still alive, he would have survived. The package does not contain food, water, or medicine. What's in the package?

[SteveDallas]

A mobile phone?

[novice]

El Parachuto.

[Kitsune]

Originally posted by novice
El Parachuto.

Yay! The lateral puzzles rule.

[novice]

Close call steve.
based on the info it's impossible to rule either right or wrong IMHO