Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihuxp!dick 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 Article-I.D.: ihuxp.611 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 Lines: 14 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 ...!ihuxp!dick