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RicardoR
27-Feb-08, 23:46
Three ladies go to a restaurant for a meal. They receive a bill for £30. They each put £10 on the table, which the waiter collects and takes to the till. The cashier informs the waiter that the bill should only have been for £25 and returns £5 to the waiter in £1 coins. On the way back to the table the waiter realizes that he cannot divide the coins equally between the ladies. As they didn’t know the total of the revised bill, he decides to put £2 in his own pocket and give each of the ladies £1.
Now that each lady has been given a pound back, each of the ladies has paid £9. Three times 9 is 27. The waiter has £2 in his pocket. Two plus 27 is £29. The ladies originally handed over £30. Where is the missing pound?

Now is it me or is this a trick question?? There cant be a missing pound.. must be the way its explained.

sassylass
28-Feb-08, 04:13
It's a trick question. It's trying to add the "amount given out" to the "amount received" and then asking "why don't they add up?"

The money started out as £30 and ended with the till having £25, the ladies having £3, and the waiter having £2. 25 + 3 + 2 = 30