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- From: mag@dogwood.cs.uiuc.edu (Tom Magliery)
- Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
- Subject: Re: 27+2=30
- Message-ID: <mag.728058327@dogwood.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 14:25:27 GMT
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- haddadi@sipi.usc.edu (Navid Haddadi) writes:
-
- >Here is a very old puzzle:
- >Three men rent a room for $30. The inn keeper decides that he has
- >over charged them and gives the bellboy $5 to give back to the men.
- >The bellboy decides to keep $2 and give each man $1.
- >So, each man has paid $9 (3x9=27) plus the $2 that the boy kept.
- >Hence, 27+2=30.
- >
- >It is actually more funny than silly!
-
- Actually, to most readers of rec.puzzles, it's probably more tiresome
- than funny. I believe I've decided to add this one to the FAQ list,
- which is coming Really Really Imminently Now. Should I put in the one
- about guessing the sex of the unknown sibling? That one bores me to
- tears, but there seems to be a lot of traffic on it this time. Do
- people actually enjoy that puzzle, too?
-
- mag
-
- P.S. Innkeeper has 25, bellboy has 2, 3 x (man has 1). 30.
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- Tom Magliery ** Dept of CS ** 1304 W Springfield ** Champaign IL 61820 ** USA
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