Warning: Do not read other posters' comments unless you give up since it usually contains the answer. Clutchcity.net posters are very smart. A simple one to start: You and two of your friends watched yesterday's Rockets-Lakers game at LA. However, none of you has any relatives, so you guys had to stay at a hotel. With the advent of Internet, everybody is competing on price. You logged in to priceline.com and got a good hotel with a very cheap $30/night rate (assume including taxes and everything). Since you shared the cost with your friends equally, each of you paid $10. To your surprises, the hotel manager decided to give a further $5 discount. Since you guys had problems splitting the $5 discounts among the three of you, each of you decided to take only $1 (for a total of $3), and left the remainder discount ($5-$3=$2) as a tip. Each of you initially paid $10 (for a total of $30) and each of you received $1 back, that means each of you paid $9 (for a total of $27). Add this with the $2 tip to the housemaid, and you come up with $29 instead of the initial $30. Where does the $1 go? Or is there anything wrong with the calculation?
It's faulty logic. When the men get $1 back each, they've now paid $27, not $30 anymore, so the figure should add up to $27, not $30. And it does add up to $27. The hotel got $25 and the bellboy got $2. $25+$2 = $27, which is how much the three men paid total ($9 each)
Your calculations are messed up. if the original price is $30 and they get a $5 dollar rebate then the price is $25+the $2 tip to = $27 you added the tip twice. CK
