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Benny2983

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Jun 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/21/98
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Someone told me this riddle, and it's driving me absolutly crazy, if you ever
heard it, please answer it for me...

Larry, Moe and Curley checked into a hotel one night that cost them 30 dollars
total. Each one paid ten dollars and went to their room. Later that night,
the hotel manager realized that the room only cost 25 dollars, and sent the
bellboy upstairs with five singles to give to the Stooges. Since he knew that
the stooges weren't that smart, he kept two dollars and gave them each a dollar
back.... after checking out the numbers, each stooge paid 9 dollars, 9 times 3
equals 27, and the bell boy took 2 dollars...what happened to the other
dollar!!!!

HELP ME

Robert P. Wolfe

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Jun 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/21/98
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There is a simple answer to this one. You need to account for 30
dollars, right. 25 goes to pay for the room. 2 to the bellboy. 3 to the
three stooges.

ddc...@worldnet.att.net

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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Hi, I'm new at this. I had to subscribe to a newsgroup for my Internet
class. Please bear with me. The answer to your riddle is simple. You
don't need to add the dollars up to equal $30. They need to equal $25,
since that's the cost of the room. Each Stooge paid $9 (times 3 = $27).
The bellboy kept $2, so subtract that and you get $25 - the cost of the
room.

Dianne

sh

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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>
> Larry, Moe and Curley checked into a hotel one night that cost them 30
dollars
> total. Each one paid ten dollars and went to their room. Later that
night,
> the hotel manager realized that the room only cost 25 dollars, and sent
the
> bellboy upstairs with five singles to give to the Stooges. Since he knew
that
> the stooges weren't that smart, he kept two dollars and gave them each a
dollar
> back.... after checking out the numbers, each stooge paid 9 dollars, 9
times 3
> equals 27, and the bell boy took 2 dollars...what happened to the other
> dollar!!!!

There is no 'the other dollar'. The cost of the room is 25, but the since
the bellboy took 2, to the stooges the cost is now 27. which means 9x3=27
already includes the bellboy's share; so you don't add 2 more to 27. The
other 3 dollars are returned to the stooges.


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