A nice riddle Ive been tricking people with it at work. Its an old one so if you've heard it then please dont spoil it for others. -- There were 3 guys and they shared a flat. One day their TV stopped working so they set off to the local electronics store to get one. When they get there they notice one on sale, for $30, so they decide to split it 3 ways, paying $10 each. The 3 guys leave the store. Inside the store, the manager comes up to the sales assistant and says: "Did you just sell that TV for $30?" "Yes I did" Replied the assistant. "Damn!" Says the manager ", it was marked down again this morning to $25, take this $5 to them and maybe they will appreciate it and bring more custom back in future." So the assistant hurries after the 3 guys and he thinks to himself: 'Those guys dont know that its been reduced by $5, I'll keep $2 for myself and give them $1 back each.' After finally catching up with them, he gives them all $1 back each. "Here.' he says "You were overcharged, heres some of the change" One of the guys stops and says. "Hey cool, that means we only paid $9 each !!" One of the others says "Hold on:... 3 x 9 is $27 (add the $2 the assistant kept) makes $29 Where is the missing $1 ??
Oh, you'd just love any excuse to put your fingers up someones a-hole, wouldnt you? Anyway, the answer is that I totally fking misled you. Arf. Even though it sounds right that they paid $9 each, what they actually paid was $25 between them, the assistant gave them $1 each ($3). 25+3(+2)=30
Solved It's a matter of how much the 3 men ACTUALLY pad and how much they THINK they paid. The $1 is still there, it's jsut divided unevenly between the 3 men in how much they actually wound up paying. 30 -25 ---- 05 5(money supposed ot be returned) -3(money that actually got returned) ---- 2(money the clerk kept) 25(ACTUAL price of TV) +2(Money the clerk stole) --- 27(price they actualy paid) 27 +3(money they got back) --- 30 No money was lost/missing....
Shouldn't you subtract $2 from what the assistant kept? Is there really an extra imaginary dollar floating around?
