Re: Betch-ya I can stump you guys!!!!!!!

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 17:27:37 EDT


> Remember $30-$25=$5 Right? $5-$3=$2 Right?
> So what's the problem? All is well, right?
> Not quite. Answer this:
> Each of the three guys originally gave $10.00 each. They each got back $1.00
> in change.
> That means they paid $9.00 each, which times three is $27.00. The delivery
> boy kept $2.00 for a tip.
> $27.00 plus $2.00 equals $29.00.
> Where the heck is the other dollar ?????????

No, each guy put in 2/3 of a dollar for tip. Each recieved $1.66 in
change, kept $1.00 for themselves, and gave the $0.66 to the delivery
boy. $0.66 x 3 = $2.00 (with rounding)

-- 
-andy

http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@bigfoot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Let's all get GNU'd together! -----------------------------------------------------------



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 11:50:47 EDT