Friday, June 24, 2011

Riddle #001

                                Three people check into a hotel. They pay Rs.30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is Rs.25 and gives the bellboy Rs.5 to return to the guests. Three people gives bell boy a tips of Rs.2 and takes Re.1 for each of them. Now each person paid Rs.10 and got back Re.1. So they paid Rs.9 each, totaling Rs.27. The bellboy has another Rs.2, adding up to Rs.29.
Where is the remaining Re.1 gone?
Answer will be published at 6 pm IST or 14:30 CEST.
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3 comments:

Vasanthi sridhar said...

romba think panna enakku udambukku aagadu-------- better tell.

June 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Muneer Al Sabbagh said...

You cannot algebraically add what the boy got to what they paid, they are different quantities (maybe expenditures and revenue?). You have to subtract them from each other. If they paid 27, then 2 of these 27 went to the boy, and 25 to the hotel.

June 24, 2011 at 4:30 PM
aXs said...

@Muneer: Perfect Sheik, u get 1,0 :D!
Answer: This is a nice nonsense. Each guest paid Rs.9 because they gave Rs.30 and they were given back Rs.3. The manager got Rs.25 and the difference (Rs.2) has the bellboy. So it is nonsense to add the Rs.2 to the Rs.27, since the bellboy kept the Rs.2.
I guess my friend Muneer was perfectly right !

June 24, 2011 at 7:54 PM

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