DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2004 Hey people, me and my mum have been trying to work out this quiz and its really doing our heads in so I thought I would come here and see if anyone knows the answer. Three guys go for a meal in a restaurant. They are given a bill for ?30 so they all pay equally ?10. The waiter processes the bill but realises that they have been over charged, they should only have been charged ?25. So from the change they tell the waiter to keep ?2 as a tip, and they divide the remaining ?3 between them. So in effect 3x9= 27 + ?2 tip= ?29 but they put in ?30 to begin with. Where does the extra ?1 go? The way I see it is, they all pay ?10, the waiter gives them back ?5, they take ?1 each and then pay back the ?2 tip. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulet Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) ?2 tip??? thats cheap, they deserve having ?1 less. actually, when they each took ?3 it means that they now only payed ?27, minus ?2 (cheap) for the waiter, that makes ?25, the cost of the bill. Edited January 23, 2004 by eastman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remote Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 They didnt pay 9 each. they paid 25/3 which = whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_canada Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 I knew the anwser somewhere, jus have to find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted January 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2004 the total charge is 27 (25 + 2 for the tip). it makes no sense to add another 2. if you want to find the total amount of money handed over, it's 27 + 3 = 30 (i.e. 10x3), where the 3 is simply handed back and distributed evenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzeWong Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Maybe I'm an idiot, or a brilliant genius I don't see the problem. Forget how much they paid, they basically get back $5 pound change (Sorry I don't know how to type pounds) two goes to waiter, and 1 pound back to each peroson 5 - 2 = 3 ( 3 / 3 people) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brn2prgrm Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Hey people, me and my mum have been trying to work out this quiz and its really doing our heads in so I thought I would come here and see if anyone knows the answer.Three guys go for a meal in a restaurant. They are given a bill for ?30 so they all pay equally ?10. The waiter processes the bill but realises that they have been over charged, they should only have been charged ?25. So from the change they tell the waiter to keep ?2 as a tip, and they divide the remaining ?3 between them. So in effect 3x9= 27 + ?2 tip= ?29 but they put in ?30 to begin with. Where does the extra ?1 go? The way I see it is, they all pay ?10, the waiter gives them back ?5, they take ?1 each and then pay back the ?2 tip. What do you guys think? 3x9=27 which is the cost plus the tip(27-25=2), and then they divide the remaining 3 among themselves, which breaks even. It just a simple miscalculation in that you are adding the tip twice, leaving you with 1 to split among the 3 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzeWong Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Crap, Sorry I dont know how edit : anyways, think about this way, The ACTUAL cost is 27 right? (25 bill + 2 tips) so technically each person pays nine right? then, what's the problem, there is no magical dollar if each peroson only pays 9 each. OR think about this way A = Alfred, B= Bob, C = Cathy A pays 10 B pays 10 C pays 10 Bill comes back, there is five dollars left on table, so out of the five that is supposed to be redistrubted to all three A gets 2 dollar back B gets 2 dollar back C gets 1 dollar back So person C is paying a dollar more technically for the bill Ergo they paid two dollar tips which means: A paid 10 - 2 + 1 = 9 B paid 10 - 2 + 1 = 9 C paid 10 - 1 = 9 It's hard to explain online, but thats it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted January 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2004 edit: my math is wrong, i can't do this right now :blush: i just did it in class yesterday though :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongit Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 lets see: since the check is now 25 each guy pays a part of it eqaulling 8.33 each. now they pay the waitress 2 total so each guy is paying 9. now add a dollar for each you get 30. in other words each guy's account goes like this: 10 orignal, 8.33 for the 25 check, 9 including the tip from the waitress and then the dollar back so its to 30. so they pay 9 before the extra three not after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruciz Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Its just the way its explained. You hit it dead on the nails by explaining it differently as it was $30, they overpaid by 5 so they got that back, paying now only $25, then they gave the waiter a $2 tip and was left with $3. The other dollar is not lost because it wasn't really there to be lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 lol: The other dollar is not lost because it wasn't really there to be lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 I took the extra ?. And you aint getting it back, biatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 23, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2004 Lol, Its the words that are tricking you and they add in the part with 3x9= 27 crap, but really it has nothing to do with it. I still think the same: they all pay $10, which equals $30 they get back $5 and pay the waiter $2, and they all recieve $1 each left over from the $5. :blink: :huh: :) Edit: btw Isus ur avatar is damn fine ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn00pY Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Hmm...does anyone care? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 There is no real problem. They each pay ?8.33 for the meal. They each pay ?0.66 for the tip. They each keep ?1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 23, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) Nevermind Im too confused doing it that way, I'll stick to my first solution :D Edited January 23, 2004 by PlainLazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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