Help me solve this riddle?

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3 friends went to a hotel and paid 30 dollars for a room at 10 per person.

Then Hotel manager realise that he over charge these 3 people 5 dollars as the cost was only 25.

Then he asked waiter to give 5 dollars back to these people.

Waiter kept 2 dollars to him help as it would be easy to pay 1 dollar each for 3 people and he did it.

So one man got 1 dollar each back each man paid 9 dollars

That means 9 * 3 (people) = 27 + waiter 2 = $29

So what happened to the other dollar?
 
There is no extra dollar.

The three men paid $30 for a room.
The manager realized that the room only
ought to have cost them $25, so he sent
the bellhop back with $5 to be returned
to them.

Out of the original $30, here's where
it all went:

Kept by motel: $25
Stolen by bellhop: 2
Returned to men: 3
---
Total: $30
===

Read more: 3 people pay $10 each for a motel room for $30. The manager over charges them and gives $5 in ones to the bellhop to return to them, he keeps $2 for himself. Where did the extra dollar go, if each person only paid $9?
so wat dat means is that..
The 3 men needed to pay for $25 and the bell hop took 2 dollars dats $27
So the bell hop returned $3
 
There is no extra dollar.

The three men paid $30 for a room.
The manager realized that the room only
ought to have cost them $25, so he sent
the bellhop back with $5 to be returned
to them.

Out of the original $30, here's where
it all went:

Kept by motel: $25
Stolen by bellhop: 2
Returned to men: 3
---
Total: $30
===

Another way of looking at it: The
three men ended up paying a total of
$9×3=$27. That's $25 for the room
plus the $2 stolen by the bellhop.

The question tries to trick you into
adding the $2 stolen by the bellhop to
the total of $27 that the three men end
up paying, for a total of $29, and then
wondering why it doesn't add up to the
original $30. But this is nonsense, as
the $27 already includes the stolen $2
($25 for the room plus the stolen $2
equals $27).

The $27 that the men ultimately end up
paying, plus the $3 that was returned
to them, adds up to the original $30. The
$25 that the men were supposed to pay
for the room, plus the $5 that the bellhop
was supposed to return to them, equals the
original $30.
 
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