Three men go into a hotel looking for a room for the night. The receptionist tells them that the rate is £30. They pay £10 each, and are given the key.Try and work it out before reading the comment.
A while later, the receptionist realises he should have only charged them £25. So he gives the bellboy £5 to refund to the men.
The bellboy can't work out how to divide the £5 between the three men. So he refunds them £1 each and keeps £2.
So the men each paid £9 for the room - total £27 - and the bellboy kept £2 - taking the total to £29.
What happened to the other £1?
Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not life.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
"Maths" problem
Dunno where this came from, but it's quite fun.