Mathematical Glitch

Reply #15

OpenMinded — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:32:17 GMT

So, Guru...do you think the lottery could be doing the same thing? Misleading us. Have you read the instructions on how to play and have seen anything in it that could be misleading or could mean something totally different, depending on how you look at it? What if there are clues in the intructions for the Powerball Lottery? What if the game ticket is misleading? How to Play PowerballOn a Powerball play slip, mark five numbers from 1 to 53 and one number from 1 to 42. You can play up to 5 di... [ More ]

Reply #14

Guru — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:50:56 GMT

There is absolutely no mathematical glitch in this.It's just misleading how the problem is presented.It's the kind of thing a magician would use to mislead the audience. Present things in such a way that it seems logical but impossible and lead the attention of the reader or audience away from the real solution.

Reply #13

Texasman — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 22:46:36 GMT

I think the bellboy should be fired, the hotel inspected and the three men should find girlfriends! A-hahahaha....

Reply #12

JADELottery — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 06:03:39 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by JADELottery on November 04, 2004Quote: Originally posted by OpenMinded on October 25, 2004Are there mathematical Glitches in the Lottery?Following is an example of a mathematical glitch that a friend ran pass me one day. I told her that I didnt' like it. It stumped me. men go into a hotel to get a room. The manager tells them it will be $10.00 each for the room for 1 night. The guys pay the charge and head up to the room. The manager then calls the bellboy. He tel... [ More ]

Reply #11

JADELottery — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 04:25:12 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by OpenMinded on October 25, 2004Are there mathematical Glitches in the Lottery?Following is an example of a mathematical glitch that a friend ran pass me one day. I told her that I didnt' like it. It stumped me. men go into a hotel to get a room. The manager tells them it will be $10.00 each for the room for 1 night. The guys pay the charge and head up to the room. The manager then calls the bellboy. He tells the bellboy he overcharged the men and hands him $5.00 to... [ More ]

Reply #10

OpenMinded — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:09:00 GMT

I snagged the following information from http://www.esmerel.com/circle/numeracy/bellboy.html. I still don't like that problem - at all! Another Way of Looking At It...I could ask why you are adding amounts spent and amounts received. The men spent $27, the bellboy received $2. Let's look at the total amounts spent and received. The men initially spent $10 each, for a total of $30. The hotel received the $30, but only kept $25, returning the other $5, so the hotel received $25. The bellboy recei... [ More ]

Reply #9

johnph77 — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:28:30 GMT

OpenMinded -The trick to this is to work it backwards and use totals. The three men paid a total of $30.00 for the room. When the refund of $5.00 was issued the price of the room for the men became a total of $25.00, which is $8.33 per. When the bellboy kept $2.00 the cost to the men was a total of $28.00, a cost of $9.33 per.The argument is intentionally confusing inasmuch as the $2.00 the bellboy kept is counted twice rather than the $3.00 the bellboy returned to the guests.gljohn

Reply #8

OpenMinded — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:18:33 GMT

The real question is: Why were the three men staying in the same room? AH HA HA OpenMinded

Reply #7

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:36:42 GMT

,in the end they were all happy........

Reply #6

jacksonde — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:51:12 GMT

There is no glitch. This means each of the men paid $9.00 for the night. The statement above is an incorrect statement designed to lose the reader. They never paid 9.00 for the night. They paid the owner $25 bucks, bus boy kept the other 2. That's 27 bucks, then your adding in the bus boy's 2 again instead of the 3 they got back. A correct write-up would be, They paid $25 bucks to the owner, 2 to the bus boy and got 3 back. 25 + 2 + 3 =30. Sounds like what the democrats do when campaining.... [ More ]

Reply #5

OpenMinded — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:45:35 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by OpenMinded on October 25, 2004Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on October 25, 2004Once the bellboy was instructed to refund $5 to the men, you're no longer talking about $30 but $25 with an overpayment of $5. They still overpaid ($9x3=$27) by $2 which the bellboy kept. That's kinda the way I think when I win $25 playing the lottery with $100 worth of tickets only backward(I made $25 instead of I lost $75). RJOh Good point. Even at $27, they still overpaid. Maybe thi... [ More ]

Reply #4

OpenMinded — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:40:33 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on October 25, 2004Once the bellboy was instructed to refund $5 to the men, you're no longer talking about $30 but $25 with an overpayment of $5. They still overpaid ($9x3=$27) by $2 which the bellboy kept. That's kinda the way I think when I win $25 playing the lottery with $100 worth of tickets only backward(I made $25 instead of I lost $75). RJOh Good point. Even at $27, they still overpaid. Maybe this is what our economic system is based on. OpenMinded... [ More ]

Reply #3

RJOh — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:24:25 GMT

Once the bellboy was instructed to refund $5 to the men, you're no longer talking about $30 but $25 with an overpayment of $5. They still overpaid ($9x3=$27) by $2 which the bellboy kept. That's kinda the way I think when I win $25 playing the lottery with $100 worth of tickets only backward(I made $25 instead of I lost $75). RJOh

Reply #2

OpenMinded — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:20:52 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by undress on October 25, 2004Out of 5.00 the guys had to split the 1.667 each. the bell boy should of figured it out, to split the money four ways instead making it 1.25 each.No. The money belongs to the men, not the bellboy. He's not suppose to have a cut, so you can't divide it by four . You can't give back 1.667 - that's impossible, but if you could, there is still a penny too much in the equation. The question is, where is the other dollar if the guys paid $9 ea... [ More ]

Reply #1

undress — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:09:08 GMT

Out of 5.00 the guys had to split the 1.667 each. the bell boy should of figured it out, to split the money four ways instead making it 1.25 each.

Mathematical Glitch

OpenMinded — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:32:26 GMT

Are there mathematical Glitches in the Lottery?Following is an example of a mathematical glitch that a friend ran pass me one day. I told her that I didnt' like it. It stumped me. men go into a hotel to get a room. The manager tells them it will be $10.00 each for the room for 1 night. The guys pay the charge and head up to the room. The manager then calls the bellboy. He tells the bellboy he overcharged the men and hands him $5.00 to return to the 3 men. On his way up to the room, the bellb... [ More ]