Trick Math

[saltybob]

Thiis so old! Coins do no vanish. To keep it simple lets say the
coins were all pennies, or cents as you guys like to call them. Your
group gave the clerk 30 coins, he then removed 5. That means they are
25 left in the till. You guys have 1 each and the clerk has 2.

On 6/7/2011 12:47 PM, clamz wrote:

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> Bob, Phil and I recently bought a padded envelope that we thought cost 30
> cents. We each pitched in 10 cents, but upon checkout, found out it
> actually cost 25 cents.
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> The clerk gave us each a penny back, but after we started fighting about who
> would get the other two pennies, the clerk said he would keep peace by
> keeping the extra 2 cents in his penny jar
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> That means my friends and I only spent 9 cents each for the envelope. The
> total was thus 27 cents plus the two cents that the clerk kept. (27 + 2 =
> 29). What happened to the other coin?