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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ICESLICE" data-source="post: 2487373" data-attributes="member: 697539">3 missionaries  rent a room for the nightThe clerk says $30 and each missionary gives him $10The clerk made a mistake and realizes the room was only $25The 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 missionariesHe decides to tell them the room was $27 and gives each missionary  $1 back and keeps $2 for himselfNow 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?</blockquote>