Riddle...

[Jazz2U]

Ok, I'm sure it's obvious but I can't figure it out and neither can the friend who sent it. Here goes...



If 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.



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 $5 EVENLY BETWEEN 3 MEN,

SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1 AND

KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR HIMSELF.





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.

WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?

[Pootchi]

So I google the riddle and here is the answer
"There is no extra dollar. The three men paid $30 for a room. The manager realized that the room only ought to have cost them $25, so he sent the bellhop back with $5 to be returned to them. Out of the original $30, here's where it all went: Kept by motel: $25 Stolen by bellhop: 2 Returned to men: 3 --- Total: $30 === Another way of looking at it: The three men ended up paying a total of $9×3=$27. That's $25 for the room plus the $2 stolen by the bellhop. The question tries to trick you into adding the $2 stolen by the bellhop to the total of $27 that the three men end up paying, for a total of $29, and then wondering why it doesn't add up to the original $30. But this is nonsense, as the $27 already includes the stolen $2 ($25 for the room plus the stolen $2 equals $27). The $27 that the men ultimately end up paying, plus the $3 that was returned to them, adds up to the original $30. The $25 that the men were supposed to pay for the room, plus the $5 that the bellhop was supposed to return to them, equals the original $30."

[Jazz2U]

That was fast! What did you put in Google to get that?

[Pootchi]

I just wrote: 30$ motel room riddle
and I got tons of web pages with the answer...

I love google

[jeri]

geez... I'm not smart enough to figure out the riddle let alone how to google the answer. Kudos to you all!

Age is showing!

[2sdae]

too cute! I read it and was like"ok, there is 30 in total what I am I missing?"
Guess I tricked myself at that point!

[Cakepro]

LOL! I spent so much time trying to figure that out...I was sure it was some complicated math formula.

Boy, do I feel dumb!