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Three friends decide to split the bill after a meal at a restaurant. The waiter says the bill is $90, so each guest pays $30.
“Later the waiter realises the bill should only be $85. To rectify this, he takes $5 from the amount to return to the group.
“On the way to the table, the waiter realises that he cannot divide the money equally. As the customers didn't know the total of the revised bill, the waiter decides to just give each of the three friends $1 and keep $2 for himself.
“Each guest got $1 back: so now each guest only paid $29; bringing the total paid to $87. The waiter has $2. $87+ $2 = $89 so, if the guests originally handed over $90, what happened to the remaining $1?”
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
It must be a flaw in the way you do sums T1. $85 divided by three equals $28.33 add the one dollar returned + $ 29.33. Times 3 = $87.99 then add the $2 he tipped himself and we are only 1 cent out. Poor old Mr Turnbull missed out again. Or is that how govt do their sums anyway
Either way, there is no victim this time.
Cheers
David
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supersparky wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:18 pm
It must be a flaw in the way you do sums T1. $85 divided by three equals $28.33 add the one dollar returned + $ 29.33. Times 3 = $87.99 then add the $2 he tipped himself and we are only 1 cent out. Poor old Mr Turnbull missed out again. Or is that how govt do their sums anyway
Either way, there is no victim this time.
Yes, it is the miss direction at this point, "“Each guest got $1 back: so now each guest only paid $29; bringing the total paid to $87." The total paid was $90. $90 - $3 for the refund = $87 - the $2 pocketed by the waiter = $85, the actual total of the bill. Reversed, $85 was the bill total + $3 refunded + $2 pocketed by the waiter = $90, the amount originally received by the waiter.
So who is up next?
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
