The Missing Dollar Question

September 7, 2006

An interesting brain teasers which I extracted from a Scientific Website. Three students checked into a hotel and paid the clerk $30 for a room ($10 each). When the hotel manager returned, he noticed that the clerk had incorrectly charged $30 instead of $25 for the room. The manager told the clerk to return $5 to the students. The clerk, knowing that the students would not be able to divide $5 evenly, decided to keep $2 and to give them only $3.

The students were very happy because they paid only $27 for the room ($9 each). However, if they paid $27 and the clerk kept $2, that adds up to $29. What happened to the other Dollar?

 

Answer : There is NO missing Dollar
                 Hotel get $25
                 Clerk get $2
                 The students get $1 each

                $25 + $2 + $3 = $30!!

Who is correct??

Remember Siti Vs. Mawi, TV3 vs. TV1 ratings war on 28th August 2006? Read this. It is rather confusing to read different story from different newspaper.

Bernama published on its website on 29th August 2006 says — > Siti : 4.3 million viewers and Mawi : 1.6 million viewers.

Thestar published on its tabloid on 30th August 2006 says –> Siti : 6.3 million viewers, Mawi : 4.7 millions viewers.

MalayMail published on 5th Sept 2006 quoted Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin who announced that official ratings figures had yet to be obtained.

Errr… who is correct?