by Farkel 18 Replies latest jw friends
The answer is in the way the question is worded. You cannot add what one person HAS to what someone else has PAID and come up with any kind of a meaningful number, you have to subtract.
| Each man has paid $9. The bellhop has $2. Difference | $9 x 3 = $27 2 $25 |
To look at it from the standpoint of the original $30.
| Each man has $1. The bellhop has $2. The hotel clerk has $25. Total | $1 x 3 = $3 2 25 $30 |
'Kay, i figured it out. I went to the kitchen and got out the bag of split peas. I put 30 nicely shaped ones in a pile. Then, i took out 5. I separated 3 for the $3 returned to the guys. I further separated 2 more, for the theiving bellhop. Then, i counted the remaining peas, in what was originally a pile of 30. There were 25 left over. Therefore, the one missing pea/dollar was in the posession of the clerk. Voila!
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Uhhh, is there an Obamanomics lesson in here somewhere?
Hi Farkel
(tee hee...this is in Jest) Clearly you like my riddle, and who are you? messing with my ideas, and haveing your own thoughts on the matter.....who do you think you are? CHARLES TAZE RUSSEL???? LOL
Oh come on!!!! My head was hurting enough from the other thread.
for you tec!
I think the point is that several favorite posters were, THE favorite is NOW here.
All hail tec!
*takes a bow, blows kisses, does the side wave thing with her hand*
*takes a bow, blows kisses, does the side wave thing with her hand*
::swoon::
