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The $30 Hotel Room

Hint: Focus on the $25 ($30 - $5 = $25) instead of the $30

Three men rent a hotel room. Each pays $10 for a total of $30 spent on the room. Shortly afterwards the desk clerk realized that he had overcharged the three men by $5. He calls the Bell Boy over, gives him the $5.00 and explains to him that he had overcharged the three men and asked him to go up and give them the $5. The men decide to each take $1 back and give a $2 tip to the Bell Boy, that means they only paid $9 each for the room, which is a total of $27; plus the $2 for the tip for a total of $29. But they gave the desk clerk $30! Where did the extra $1 go

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