[Guest]

Three people were travelling across the country. They stopped at a motel to get a room for the night. The room cost $30. They each chipped in $10 dollars and got the room. Well later on the clerk felt guilty because he overcharged them and he gave a maid 5 one dollar bills to take the three men. On the way over the maid pocketed 2 dollars and gave each of the three 1 dollar back. So originally they all paid $10 now they each got a dollar back so they each paid $9. $9 times the three guys equals $27. The maid pocketed $2 equals $29. Where is the extra dollar?

[Guest]

is that there's no "extra dollar". You're counting the $2 that the maid pocketed twice, and the $3 that the three men have not at all.

In the system, there are a total of $30: the $25 that the clerk have (after he gives the maid the $5), the $2 that the maid kept, and the $3 that the men have back.

Or, to put it another way, the men paid $27, of which $25 went to the clerk and $2 went to the maid.

[Guest]

Three people were travelling across the country. They stopped at a motel to get a room for the night. The room cost $30. They each chipped in $10 dollars and got the room. Well later on the clerk felt guilty because he overcharged them and he gave a maid 5 one dollar bills to take the three men. On the way over the maid pocketed 2 dollars and gave each of the three 1 dollar back. So originally they all paid $10 now they each got a dollar back so they each paid $9. $9 times the three guys equals $27. The maid pocketed $2 equals $29. Where is the extra dollar?

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