This is an off topic quiz

[Don Coatney]

What parking spot number is the car parked in?

 

 

 

[gwaggonercpa]

87--Doing taxes you get used to reading numbers upside down.

[TrampSteer]

That's brilliant.

[Don Coatney]

87--Doing taxes you get used to reading numbers upside down.

We have a winner in short order.

 

[ledfootslim]

My mind automatically flipped it- I'm used to reading table numbers on folded over orders at the restaraunt! 

[BigDaddyO]

How about a spelling test?

[Don Coatney]

What way is she spinning?

 

[bobjob55]

Clockwise ??..after a few,, she spins too fast ..

[Niel Hoback]

I'm going with clockwise.  Viewed from above.

[pflaming]

She's like the basefall icon, is ihe batting left for right? Is the ball coming or going?

[BigDaddyO]

I saw her going both ways. First clockwise, then I blinked or something and she was going anti-clockwise.

[Niel Hoback]

Wow.  I went away and came back and she was going anti-clockwise!  I blinked in disbelief and she was going clockwise again!  Stop messing with my brain, it can't take much. 

[Don Coatney]

Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel manager gave them a price of $30.

The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged them $5!

He called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and told him to return it to the men.

When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.

So each of the three men ended up paying $9 (their original $10, minus $1 back) totalling $27, plus $2 for the bellboy makes $29.

Where did the extra dollar go?
 

[_shel_ny]

Is this moving, or still?

 

Print it, and look. Is it moving, or still?

 

 

[nonstop]

Whoa, I am still trying to figure out where that dollar went!

[40plyrod]

I guess if not for gwaggonercpa I wouldn't be getting into Hong Kong elementary school 1st grade class.

[RobertKB]

Hotel room cost $25 so each man paid  $8 1/3 ($8.33 roughly). Each man got a dollar back makes $28 and the bellboys $2 makes the $30.

[nonstop]

Thanks, what I was thinking, but my head was having problems with making it happen!

[Don Coatney]

Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel manager gave them a price of $30.

The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged them $5!

He called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and told him to return it to the men.

When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.

So each of the three men ended up paying $9 (their original $10, minus $1 back) totalling $27, plus $2 for the bellboy makes $29.

Where did the extra dollar go?

 

Solution

The key to understanding the riddle intuitively is to realize that, while each man did pay $9, he did not pay $9 to the hotel. Each one paid $8.33 to the hotel ($8.33 × 3 = $25), and $0.66 to the bellhop ($0.66 × 3 = $2), for a total of $27 spent by the group. $25 + $2 = $27, and so does $9 × 3.

The initial payment of $30 is accounted for as the clerk takes $25, the bellhop takes $2, and the guests get a $3 refund. It adds up. After the refund has been applied, we only have to account for a payment of $27. Again, the clerk keeps $25 and the bellhop gets $2. This also adds up.

There is no reason to add the $2 and $27 – the $2 is contained within the $27 already. Thus the addition is meaningless (mixing cost and cash). Instead the $2 should be subtracted from the $27 to get the revised bill of $25.

This becomes clear when the initial and net payments are written as simple equations. The first equation shows what happened to the initial payment of $30:

$30 (initial payment) = $25 (to clerk) + $2 (to bellhop) + $3 (refund)

The second equation shows the net payment after the refund is applied (subtracted from both sides):

$27 (net payment) = $25 (to clerk) + $2 (to bellhop)

Both equations make sense, with equal totals on either side of the equal sign. The correct way to get the bellhop's $2 and the guests $27 on the same side of the equal sign ("The bellhop has $2, and the guests paid $27, how does that add up?") is to subtract, not add:

$27 (final payment) - $2 (to bellhop) = $25 (to clerk)

This question is very simple when thought of in a different manner. The hotel receives $30 from the guests and gives $5 to the bellhop to return to the guests. $30 subtract $5 equals $25. $3 is given to the guests and the bellhop keeps $2. Thus, $3 plus $2 equals $5, and the remaining $25 is in the possession of the hotel.

This is clearly not a paradox, and involves only the switching of subtraction for addition. Each patron has paid $9 for a total of $27. The storyteller adds the $2 that the bellhop pilfered, but he should have subtracted the $2 to make a total of $25 paid. So 3 × $9 = $27, which accounts for the $25 room and the $2 given to the bellhop.

[Dan Hiebert]

[Don Coatney]

This is not a bird. What is it?

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

double breasted bed thrasher I think...its a naked lady in body paint..

Edited September 26, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams

[nonstop]

My eyes are strained from staring at it so hard (already made out the naked lady - just checking details)!