Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel manager gave them a price of $30.
The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged them $5!
He called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and told him to return it to the men.
When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.
So each of the three men ended up paying $9 (their original $10, minus $1 back) totalling $27, plus $2 for the bellboy makes $29.
Where did the extra dollar go?
The Missing Dollar illusion | The missing Dollar Trick
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One Response to The Missing Dollar illusion | The missing Dollar Trick
Didn't you read your own story? The men paid thirty dollars, had overpaid by five bucks and were reimbersed the five dollars and then the men tipped the bell boy two dollars. Therefore there is no missing dollar scenario. Come on. That's almost as bad as the one where you say I had eleven fingers by asking me to count down from ten and then ending up at the number six and that I add the six to the five fingers I have on the other hand. I fell for that one too many times. I will not be tricked again.