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HeXp£Øi±

HeXp£Øi±

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Answer this and win the grand prize.

Three men come into a hotel one night and they each want a room but there is only one left. So they decide to share it. The inkeeper says that the room will be $12 (even though it's actually $10). Each man is tired from a long days work and in a hurry to get some sleep so they each give him a $5 dollar bill and tell him to pay them the difference the next day. The next morning he goes to their room and gives them back $3 from the $15 keeping the other $2 for himself and giving each of the three men back $1 so instead of paying $5 each they payed $4 each. 4+4+4=12 but the inkeeper only kept $2 and $12+$2 is only $14 So what happened to the other $1?
 
the other $1 is non existant

the innkeeper screwed himself out of the his own $2, pocketing it before putting it toward the room.
 
Please expound. How could he have screwed himself? He kept the two dollars just like he had planned.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
Answer this and win the grand prize.

Three men come into a hotel one night and they each want a room but there is only one left. So they decide to share it. The inkeeper says that the room will be $12 (even though it's actually $10). Each man is tired from a long days work and in a hurry to get some sleep so they each give him a $5 dollar bill and tell him to pay them the difference the next day. The next morning he goes to their room and gives them back $3 from the $15 keeping the other $2 for himself and giving each of the three men back $1 so instead of paying $5 each they payed $4 each. 4+4+4=12 but the inkeeper only kept $2 and $12+$2 is only $14 So what happened to the other $1?
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Fuck that question. You should not add the $2 of the innkeeper, you should subtract it. $12 - $2 = $10, since he is RETURNING the money. :retard7:
 
LL, i thought you said you don't use profane language? lol That's the thing about the question, it kind of sets you up to do the problem the wrong way. Nonetheless it's a good one. This was one of albert einstein's favorites.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
LL, i thought you said you don't use profane language? lol That's the thing about the question, it kind of sets you up to do the problem the wrong way. Nonetheless it's a good one. This was one of albert einstein's favorites.
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Lol, I RARELY use profane language. But you have no idea how confused I was, going over it in my mind for half an hour in 3 different languages because I was convinced I make a mistake somewhere. Then I brought out the whiteboard and drew physical coins, moved them, and wrote out the logical procession of steps. Only then did I see the obvious logic error.

VERY good question, and VERY frustrating.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
Please expound. How could he have screwed himself? He kept the two dollars just like he had planned.
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He kept the $2, but not in the way he planned. He charged them $12 and gave them back the correct change. The mistake was in his own mind - he knew the room only costed $10 and he planned to charge an extra $2 ... and when he pocketed the money, he screwed himself out of the "extra" $2 for the room mentally. There is no missing $1.

So what did I win?
 
THE GRAND PRIZE DONTCHA KNOW?!

Well it was going to be this special and rare 22oz beer i have here but you guys took too long so i kinda opened it already. Want me to duct tape the cap on and mail the rest to ya?
 
You should not add $3 instead of $2, 'cause the "tip" is already paid in the $12

4+4+4 = 12 (including the 2 the other guy kept)
12+3 (what he gave back) = 15
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
THE GRAND PRIZE DONTCHA KNOW?!

Well it was going to be this special and rare 22oz beer i have here but you guys took too long so i kinda opened it already. Want me to duct tape the cap on and mail the rest to ya?
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*thinking the man hasn't taken a really good look at my avatar*


[whine]I want my prize[/whine]
 
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