Can anyone tell me where the £1 went?

[glosterseagull]

Three people went for a meal the bill came to £30. So each person put in £10 and gave it to the waiter. The waiter went to the chef with the £30 who told the waiter that as the three were regulars he should charge them £25.

The waiter kept £2 and gave £1 back to each person. So the three paid £9 each.

3 x 9 = 27 + the £2 is £29?

Where is the other £1?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Don't look at me !

 

[Icy Gull]

So the waiter just tipped himself? If he's that cheeky, he probably had the other £1.00 away as well

 

[Theatre of Trees]

They all paid a tenner each, and were then reimbursed a fiver. To make it equal the waiter should have taken £3. What it means is one of the three has paid an extra £1.

 

[beorhthelm]

dont ask me, my family spent an entire xmas day once arguing about this (or some variation), never did come up with an explaination. I think its supposed to be some sort of word play

 

[Seagull over NZ]

Its the age old problem of mixing subtracting and adding - the £1 has got lost as the result of going up to £30 through addition, and then going back down through subtracting.

There is no answer - its one of those problems that you can't solve as there really does appear to be £1 missing !!

 

[Tallulah Gosh]

The £2 the waiter kept is part of the £27 they paid.

 

[Lush]

Have you looked down the back of the sofa?

 

[El Presidente]

The three diners paid £25 for the meal, which is £8.33 each. They gave the waiter £30, of which he kept £2 for himself(which is a tip of 67p per customer) and the customers £1 each back.

Therefore the meal cost £27 (£25 plus £2, including tip) which works out at £9 each customer.

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[Dick Knights Mumm]

Maybe, but I still think the sofa is the best bet.

 

[Ernest]

Same accountant as Dick Tight

 

[brighton rock]

same thing happens if you count the fingers on your hands form 1 up on one hand,come's to 5
then fron 10 down on the other,come's to 6
6+5=11 fingers

 

[Yorkie]

same thing happens if you count the fingers on your hands form 1 up on one hand,come's to 5
then fron 10 down on the other,come's to 6
6+5=11 fingers

That's just P*l*ce fans

 

[Bez]

Yeah got it but took some time.

Forget about the £30 cos they only paid £27.

The Meal cost £25 and the waiter took £2

 

[gong]

There never was a pound little man, understood.

 

[glosterseagull]

sorted then! but that theifing B*****D isnt get a tip from me!

 

[glosterseagull]

Yeah got it but took some time.

Forget about the £30 cos they only paid £27.

The Meal cost £25 and the waiter took £2

I had to find this again as that was the best explanation.....