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vengabeats

vengabeats

Nilesh Nagdev
Three friends went to a hotel. The bill was Rs 75/-

Each one contributed Rs.25

The waiter took the bill to the cashier.

The cashier was happy & decided to give them a discount of Rs.5/- & asked the waiter to return them Rs.5

Now the waiter was confused. How to distribute Rs 5 among 3 persons

He kept Rs 2 in his pocket & gave one rupee to each one of the 3 persons.

So initially each one had contributed Rs.25. Now as they are given 1 rupee back, their contribution reduces to Rs 24.

They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.

The total becomes 74. But they had paid Rs 75.

Where is the remaining 1 rupee?.
 
vengabeats said:
Three friends went to a hotel. The bill was Rs 75/-

Each one contributed Rs.25

The waiter took the bill to the cashier.

The cashier was happy & decided to give them a discount of Rs.5/- & asked the waiter to return them Rs.5

Now the waiter was confused. How to distribute Rs 5 among 3 persons

He kept Rs 2 in his pocket & gave one rupee to each one of the 3 persons.

So initially each one had contributed Rs.25. Now as they are given 1 rupee back, their contribution reduces to Rs 24.

They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.

The total becomes 74. But they had paid Rs 75.

Where is the remaining 1 rupee?.
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:confused: ??
Cracked it :D .

Mistake from third last line. They contributed 24 X 3 = 72 and they get discount of rs 3 . Now 72 + 3 = 75
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Thats how you crack it :D
 
this is because of the BODMAS rule......... if u do it that way u will get the answer.
but if u do not calculate it that way then there will be a difference.
this is why we r insisted on using the rule............................
 
Hi,
The prblm is in this line
"Now as they are given 1 rupee back, their contribution reduces to Rs 24"

Their contribution is nt 24 but less than that,bcos wen the owner returned Rs.5 the total amnt has come down to Rs.70 which means individual contribution was <Rs.24.

The tally is now

Amnt Paid:Rs.75
Discount:5
Actual amnt:70
Refunded amnt:3
Waiter's pocket :2


-Deepak.
 
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