A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM

BY: LENGYEL LILI

• Three friends stop at a hotel. Since there is only one room available, they were
taken out together. The rooms were priced at $ 30 per night, split into three, so
they paid $ 10 per person and went up. Soon, the receptionist noticed that he
didn't say a good price, the room cost only $ 25, and with the room waiter sent
them the difference, $ 5. Because the waiter couldn't divide it into three, he
gave them $ 1 per person, and put the remaining $ 2 in his pocket. This means
that all three were paid $ 9 for a room, 9 × 3 = 27, $ 2 left for the waiter, a
total of $ 29. But where did the $ 1 go?
• What do we know ? $ 25 left for the room, that is known. We have 5 pieces of
one dollar in our hands. We give 1-1 to give 3 people, $ 2 left in our hands.
Yes, people did pay $ 27 for the room, but here comes the downfall. After all,
the $ 2 we have left doesn't make sense to add to the 27, since we would have
to subtract it to get the $ 25 that remains with the waiter. I know this is the
point where it is not clear to everyone. But let's face it: $ 30 gets the first, 29th
gets the second, 28th gets the third. And the 27th and 26th are kept by the
porter. The first 25 remain in the receptionist.
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