Where is the other dollar?

[The Lone Angler]

3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS $30, SO EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.



A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.


ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW 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 $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF $27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.




WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?

[BassManDan]

Each man did not pay $9 dollars! They each paid $9.33 The charge of $25 was kept by the reservations clerk, and 3 dollars was returned to the men, meaning a total af $28 dollars are accounted for, and the bellboy kept the remaining $2.

But that's some very creative math

BassManDan

[chinook]

No, each man did pay $9; $25 kept by the desk clerk plus the $2 kept by the bellboy. That makes $27 that the three men are out ($9each) plus the $3 they got back = $30 that they paid originally.