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From: dick@ihuxp.UUCP (r. j. riederer)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: "Missing" dollar puzzle. The real solution.
Message-ID: <611@ihuxp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Feb-84 16:22:40 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  4 16:22:40 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 07:28:08 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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A week later, two of the three peopele returned to the hotel and
got the same room. The clerk again charged $30 and again after
realizing the mistake, gave the bellboy $5 to take to the room.
This time, the bell boy gave each of them $1 back and kept the
remaining $3.

Therefore, each person paid $14 for the room, and the bell boy
kept $3, totalling $31. Thus, the "missing" dollar has been
found.

Dick Riederer
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, IL
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