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Offline GatCat

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Another math question...
« on: May 05, 2008, 12:34:05 AM »
O.K., this is not as serious as Dales' question; it's just for fun:
3 traveling hunters stop for the night at a cheap Hotel. The clerk tells them it is $30, and each of the 3 pay $10.  After they leave, the clerk realizes he should have only charged $25, so he takes five $1 bills out of the till. On his way to te room, he realizes he cannot easily split the $5 three different ways. So, he pockets $2 for himself, and gives each of the hunters $1 back. Now, each hunter has paid $9, times 3 is $27, and there is $2 in the pocket of the dishonest clerk. Where in the name of Norman Bates did the other $1 go???
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Re: Another math question...
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2008, 01:54:55 AM »
They paid in $27...25 is in the hotel safe and $2 is in the clerks pocket.  The 30 is composed of the 27 in the hotel and the three back in the guests pockets.  Stop adding random numbers!
Be honest with yourself.  Can you guarantee you would hit a paper plate at 250 yards...100 yards...50 yards?  Then you have no business replacing the plate with a live animal.

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Re: Another math question...
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2008, 05:04:15 AM »
Trick question. Real hunters sleep in a tent, camper or cabin!!

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Re: Another math question...
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2008, 05:28:14 AM »
Yea I heard that one a long time ago. Oldie but a goody. Dale
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