Where is the other Dollar ?

[RX951]

This will Mess With Your Head.
3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL.THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOMIS $30,
SO EACH MAN PAID$10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.

A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZEDTHE ROOM WAS ONLY$25,

SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH$5.ON THE WAY,

THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUTHOW 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$9FOR THE ROOM,

WHICH IS A TOTAL OF$ 27,

ADD THE$2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.

WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?

[Lurker]

subtract, don't add

[jpeconsult]

$30 as paid, the bell boy kept $2...so $28 was paid for the room. So each guy paid $9.33

What is hard to catch in the reading is that since the room is now $25, the $25 was split 3 ways = $8.33 each + $1 each = $9.33 x 3 = 27.99 + $2 from bell boy

[RX951]

yup, it was the wording that will git cha