Essa,

There is no extra dollar! The bottomline is the
manager ended up with $25, the three men $3 ($1 each)
and the bellhop, $2.... 25+3+2=30 QED.

Mustapha.

--- Elow Wole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here's a teaser.  See if you can figure this out.
> It's quite old and I came
> across it again.  AND CAN WE ALL GET ALONG
> M'BOKAYEE???
>
> Three men checked into a hotel room for which they
> paid $30. The next day,
> the manager realized that the men had been
> overcharged. She gave the bellhop
> $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their
> room the bellhop decided
> to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three
> men one dollar. The three
> men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This
> plus the $2 the bellhop
> kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the
> other dollar?
>
> Essa Thomas


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