Here's a thought-provoking question to think about when you have the time. My friend just asked us this at 3.30am, after we finished 2 bottles of wine. If you can figure it out, you're probably on your way to being a damn bloody good accountant (cos' the guys taking care of the State's finances couldn't even figure this out).
Three guys check into a hotel, and the duty manager charges them $75 for the entire room for the whole night. Each then pays $25 per person. After they have left the font desk, the duty manager realises that he has overcharged them by $5. So, he gets the porter to bring the change to the guests. On the way to the room, the porter thinks to himself, "It's going to be hard to split $5 amongst 3 people." So, he returns them $1 each and keeps $2 for himself. Each guest then pays $24 each for the room. This adds up to $72. Why is ther $1 unaccountable, despite the porter keeping $2 to himself?
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The actual cost of the hotel is $70. Each person should only pay $23.33"
In actual fact, a person who paid $25 for the room would have overpaid the room by $1.67.
If each person only took back $1. The outstanding amount will be $1.67 less $1 which is $0.67.
3 persons multiply by $0.67 each will give you $2 which the porter pocketed.
Its all about perspective I guess?
You're nearly there but not quite. Take one step back. It's simpler.
1) the hotel has $70 left, after taking out $5 to reimburse the guests.
2) of this $5, $3 goes to the guests, $2 goes to the porter.
3) effectively the guests have paid $75-$3 = $72 altogether. $70 is with the hotel, and $2 is with the porter.
ohhhhhhhhh yah hehe i got tha figured out after sometime..but at the most unlikely place...after 3 drinks...at some pub along Tanjong Pagar! LOL
Hahaha...my friend took half an hour to figure it out on the train right back...in a half sober state.
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