Three people went into a Quad City restaurant and had a nice meal. The bill came to $30.00, and they decided to just split the bill evenly. They each gave $10.00 to the waiter and he took the money to the cashier.
But the cashier noticed that they'd been overcharged. The bill should have been $25.00. So she gave the waiter five $1.00 bills and told him to return the money to the diners.
But the waiter was a crook, and he stuck two of the bills in his pocket and gave the diners back three bucks.
So each of the three diners had paid $9.00 for the meal, which comes to $27.00. Add the two dollars that the waiter pocketed, and that comes to $29.00.
The room didn't cost anything.. if that's what you're supposing.
ReplyDeleteBut methinks you've got it.
Yup, they paid $9 each which totals $27 - $25 that's with the cashier plus $2 in the waiter's pocket.
ReplyDeleteIt's the way the problem is stated at the end that misleads. When it says each diner paid $9 that includes what the waiter kept. So it makes no sense at all to add the two dollars a second time.
The final paragraph should really read: "So each of the diners had paid $9.00 for the meal, which comes to $27.00. Substract the two dollars that the waiter pocketed, and that comes to $25.00 which is exactly what the cashier has for the cost of the meal.
Fly nails it!! (with a big honorable mention to ByGump!)
ReplyDelete(and he's got a fine blog on Davenport matters, Daily Davenport Politics, check it out in the blog list on the right)