>.<[20:20:32] <[WarC]Kixxe> Okay, riddle me this
[20:20:51] <[WarC]Kixxe> 3 persons walk into a hotel, and the fee is 25 Euro
[20:20:56] <[WarC]Kixxe> they pay 10 each
[20:21:23] <[LCC]IaMaCuP> k
[20:21:32] <[WarC]Kixxe> they check in, and the luggage boy (whatever you call em) comes with the change
[20:21:45] <[WarC]Kixxe> the luggage boy gets 2 in tip, and everyone gets 1 euro each
[20:22:00] <[WarC]Kixxe> now, they payed 9 euro each, correct?
[20:22:07] <[WarC]Kixxe> since they got 1 back..
[20:22:18] <[WarC]Kixxe> so... 3x9 + 2 = 29
[20:22:24] <[WarC]Kixxe> where did the last euro go?
Riddle me this...
Moderator: Moderators
Riddle me this...
GRAH fucking hell. A friend told me this and i can't figure it out! O.o
-
Michilus_nimbus
- Posts: 634
- Joined: 19 Nov 2004, 20:38
The equation is wrong.
look at it this way:
3x9 - 2 = 25
Although adding the 2 seems intuitive, it doesn't make any sense.
look at it this way:
3x9 - 2 = 25
Although adding the 2 seems intuitive, it doesn't make any sense.
Last edited by Michilus_nimbus on 12 Jan 2007, 21:11, edited 1 time in total.
-
Machiosabre
- Posts: 1474
- Joined: 25 Dec 2005, 22:56
-
Michilus_nimbus
- Posts: 634
- Joined: 19 Nov 2004, 20:38
Actually, it doesn't. Unless the mint on the pillow costs an extra euro.Kixxe wrote:it works in a real world example...
there's two things making up the price:
the 25 euros and the 2euro tip. adding them gives 27, which is exactly 3x9.
The thing is, it's the wrong part of the change being used here. Adding 2 is just as absurd as adding the 25 to the sum. The total change is 5, the clerk kept 2, so it should be 5-2 in there, giving
3x9 + 3 = 30
I rest my case.
you are perry masonMichilus_nimbus wrote:Actually, it doesn't. Unless the mint on the pillow costs an extra euro.Kixxe wrote:it works in a real world example...
there's two things making up the price:
the 25 euros and the 2euro tip. adding them gives 27, which is exactly 3x9.
The thing is, it's the wrong part of the change being used here. Adding 2 is just as absurd as adding the 25 to the sum. The total change is 5, the clerk kept 2, so it should be 5-2 in there, giving
3x9 + 3 = 30
I rest my case.
-
Forboding Angel
- Evolution RTS Developer
- Posts: 14673
- Joined: 17 Nov 2005, 02:43
-
BlackLiger
- Posts: 1371
- Joined: 05 Oct 2004, 21:58
Frankly, you're a fool for posting this on a forum of le geeks, Kixxe. We've ALL heard it before, one way or another. I personally heard it in the clock sale format and worked it out in about half a second, back in High school, during maths... (my tutor had a habit of giving us oddball riddles n things)
yes, and the point is that they pay is that they pay 9 each, then +2 from the tip, but that only becomes 29... if they payed 9 each, where did the last one go? (ergo so it's not "30 - (25+2+1+1+1) = 0")rattle wrote:You don't need to know any maths to solve such a stupid riddle...
Boy returns with the change of 5, keeps 2 and returns 1 to each.
30 - (25+2+1+1+1) = 0. Tada. Are you in junior high?
but that's wrong since the 9x3 = 27 which has the 2 already included. blah blah blah.
post your own damn riddle mister smarty pants...this riddle sucks
[20:20:51] <[WarC]Kixxe> 3 persons walk into a hotel, and the fee is 25 Euro
-25
[20:20:56] <[WarC]Kixxe> they pay 10 each
[20:21:23] <[LCC]IaMaCuP> k
+30
[20:21:45] <[WarC]Kixxe> the luggage boy gets 2 in tip, and everyone gets 1 euro each
- 2
[20:22:00] <[WarC]Kixxe> now, they payed 9 euro each, correct?
[20:22:07] <[WarC]Kixxe> since they got 1 back..
[20:22:18] <[WarC]Kixxe> so... 3x9 + 2 = 29
No they paid 25 total for the room! geez.. then the bellhop took out 2 for a tip which = 27. they then received 1 each totaling roomcost+tip=27 change 3.
Kixxie, t is not that hard.. someone lock this thread it is giving me pains in my neither regions.
-25
[20:20:56] <[WarC]Kixxe> they pay 10 each
[20:21:23] <[LCC]IaMaCuP> k
+30
[20:21:45] <[WarC]Kixxe> the luggage boy gets 2 in tip, and everyone gets 1 euro each
- 2
[20:22:00] <[WarC]Kixxe> now, they payed 9 euro each, correct?
[20:22:07] <[WarC]Kixxe> since they got 1 back..
[20:22:18] <[WarC]Kixxe> so... 3x9 + 2 = 29
No they paid 25 total for the room! geez.. then the bellhop took out 2 for a tip which = 27. they then received 1 each totaling roomcost+tip=27 change 3.
Kixxie, t is not that hard.. someone lock this thread it is giving me pains in my neither regions.
-
BlackLiger
- Posts: 1371
- Joined: 05 Oct 2004, 21:58
You challenge, I answer:Kixxe wrote:yes, and the point is that they pay is that they pay 9 each, then +2 from the tip, but that only becomes 29... if they payed 9 each, where did the last one go? (ergo so it's not "30 - (25+2+1+1+1) = 0")rattle wrote:You don't need to know any maths to solve such a stupid riddle...
Boy returns with the change of 5, keeps 2 and returns 1 to each.
30 - (25+2+1+1+1) = 0. Tada. Are you in junior high?
but that's wrong since the 9x3 = 27 which has the 2 already included. blah blah blah.
post your own damn riddle mister smarty pants...this riddle sucks
2 trains, 1 from Paris to Barcelona, the other heading the other way. First is a diesel engine and is traveling at 200mph, the other an electric at 120 mph. They collide exactly on the border between France and Spain. Serious damage and casulties. Where do they bury the survivors?
