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Article #2555Re: 27+2=30
From: Tom Magliery
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:25
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:25
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haddadi@sipi.usc.edu (Navid Haddadi) writes: >Here is a very old puzzle: >Three men rent a room for $30. The inn keeper decides that he has >over charged them and gives the bellboy $5 to give back to the men. >The bellboy decides to keep $2 and give each man $1. >So, each man has paid $9 (3x9=27) plus the $2 that the boy kept. >Hence, 27+2=30. > >It is actually more funny than silly! Actually, to most readers of rec.puzzles, it's probably more tiresome than funny. I believe I've decided to add this one to the FAQ list, which is coming Really Really Imminently Now. Should I put in the one about guessing the sex of the unknown sibling? That one bores me to tears, but there seems to be a lot of traffic on it this time. Do people actually enjoy that puzzle, too? mag P.S. Innkeeper has 25, bellboy has 2, 3 x (man has 1). 30. -- Tom Magliery ** Dept of CS ** 1304 W Springfield ** Champaign IL 61820 ** USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!vela!cs.uiuc.edu!dogwood.cs.uiuc.edu!mag From: mag@dogwood.cs.uiuc.edu (Tom Magliery) Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Subject: Re: 27+2=30 Message-ID: <mag.728058327@dogwood.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Jan 93 14:25:27 GMT References: <1k2sfkINN9pf@sipi.usc.edu> Sender: news@cs.uiuc.edu Reply-To: mag@cs.uiuc.edu Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL Lines: 23