I read this riddle last week and it has been racking my brain since. I just can't seem to figure it out, see if you can...
Three people go to a restaurant and each buy a meal for $10. Together, they pay the waitress a total of $30.
The waitress goes to the boss and gives him the money ($30). The boss tells her that when three people order the same dish it is only $25. The boss gives the waitress $5 and tells her to give it back to the customers.
The waitress doesn’t know how to give back $5 to three people, but comes up with an idea. She keeps $2 in her own pocket and gives one dollar to each one of the three customers($3).
How much did each customer pay?
$10 paid
$1 back
=$9
3 customers x $9 = $27
+ $2 in the waitress’s pocket
= $29
What happened to the last dollar???
Bonnie,
ReplyDeleteCount starting with the $25, then add the three given back and the two the waitress kept.
There is no missing dollar:) The people paid 25$ together and each got a dollar back (28$) (not 9$ each) and the waitress kept 2$. That makes 30$
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ReplyDeleteThe way the riddle is written is meant to confuse you but if you add it the way naomi and marie said it works out perfectly! :)
It's so fun to solve riddles!
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Each of the patrons of the restaurant paid 9 dollars, and there is 1 dollar in the pocket/wallet of each patron. (9*3)+(3*1)=30 The waitress helped herself to 2 of the 27,(9*3), dollars that the patrons paid, because the restaurant only required payment of 25 dollars for the meals. (9*3)-2= 25. ;)
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