Missing Dollar Riddle

By: Sewere on 16/6/16

This should clarify things a bit, since the answer is wrong. Lets think about the guests as a single organism. First when they paid, they were 30 in minus, so -30. The clerk was 30 in plus so +30. He noticed the error and gave the assholeboy 5 bucks away. So the clerks balance is +25. The assholeboy takes the money and gives everybody one dollar so their balance is now -27. The assholeboys balance is +2.\nAnd now to add things up:\nClerks balance= +25\nGuests balance= -27\nAssholeboys balance= +2\nNow if we add assholeboys balance to the guests balance it looks like this:\n-27 + 2\n= -25\nSo everything is in balance. Guests are missing 25 dollars and the Clerk is 25 dollars in plus.\nThere you have it folks.

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By: Rithmatics on 13/11/13

The tip was actually paid by the guest and not the hotel.\nIn essence the Guests paid the bellhop $5 as tip. \nSo each guest paid the bellhop $1.67 as tip. \nSo effectively they paid the hotel $8.33\nWhen they got the $1 back it made it $9.33\nSo the Bellhop's tip is now $0.67.\nSo $9.33 + $0.67 = $10

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By: The Mathematical wizard on 30/10/13

One does not simply add the $2 to the $27,\nOne subtracts the $2 from the $27, to equal $25

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By: Mel on 3/10/13

Because there's a flaw in our mathematical system...

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