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Three people are eating at a restaurant. The waiter gives them the bill,

which totals up to $30. The three people decide to share the expense

equally ($10 each), rather than figure out how much each really owes.

The waiter gives the bill and the $30 to the manager, who sees that

they have been overcharged. The real amount should be $25. He gives

the waiter five $1 bills to return to the customers, with the

restaurant's apologies. But, the waiter is a dishonest man. He puts $2

in his pocket, and returns $3 to the customers. Now, each of the

three customers has paid $9, for a total of $27. Add the $2 that the

waiter has stolen, and you get $29. But, the original bill was $30. What

happened to the missing dollar?

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sindhu br ·

I think there is no dollar missing because the actual bill paid by them at the end will be $27 . So 27 -2(stolen by waiter) = 25(which is paid to the manager)

nice question [1]

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Ricky ·

The manager had 30 dollars , and the waiter took 2 dollars . So the statement " they each paid 9 dollars " is wrong .

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sindhu br ·

no its correct....... finally they paid 9dollars each

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Ricky ·

Phir bhai , according to post 2 , 3 dollars kahan gaye , jo unhone pay kiya tha initially ?

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sindhu br ·

initially they have paid 30 dollars right? ...... & then waiter gives 3 dollars back to them.....so it means they have actually paid 27 dollars,
out of which waiter keeps 2 dollars......& remaining amount 25$ is paid to manager

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archana anand ·

"Add the $2 that the waiter has stolen, and you get $29. But, the original bill was $30. What happened to the missing dollar?"

why to Add the $2here where the mistake in the statement is

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