3 missionaries rent a room for the night
The clerk says $30 and each missionary gives him $10
The clerk made a mistake and realizes the room was only $25
The clerk gives the bell boy 5 one dollar bills and says give this to the 3 missionaries,
The bellboy can't evenly split $5 between 3 missionaries
He decides to tell them the room was $27 and gives each missionary $1 back and keeps $2 for himself
Now each missionary has spent $9 each on the room for a total of $27 and the bellboy has $2
$27 plus $2 equals $29.
The missionaries originally spent $30 on the room....where did the other dollar go?
The clerk says $30 and each missionary gives him $10
The clerk made a mistake and realizes the room was only $25
The clerk gives the bell boy 5 one dollar bills and says give this to the 3 missionaries,
The bellboy can't evenly split $5 between 3 missionaries
He decides to tell them the room was $27 and gives each missionary $1 back and keeps $2 for himself
Now each missionary has spent $9 each on the room for a total of $27 and the bellboy has $2
$27 plus $2 equals $29.
The missionaries originally spent $30 on the room....where did the other dollar go?