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• Jimbo82

  Why doesn't this work?! Surely a glitch in the Matrix...

  Three men eat at a restaurant. The bill comes to £25. They each pay £10. When the waiter brings the £5 change they take back £1 each and leave a £2 tip. So each man has paid £9, which totals £27. The waiter has the £2 tip, which makes £29, so where's the other £1 gone?

  Messing with my head!!!

  Oct 2, 08, 1:52 a.m. – Permalink

• SkyPoo

  Don't be a pudding.

  • They didn't have desert– Jimbo821/3

    Its an optical illusion with numbers. It doesn't work the way it is written in reality.– SkyPoo2/3

    That's true, but why doesn't it work, there must be an explanation– Jimbo823/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 1:53 a.m. – Permalink

• autoflavour

  because each person only needed to pay £8.33, not £9

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:02 a.m. – Permalink

• SkyPoo

  Jimbo...

  Each man owes £8.33p (8.33 x 3 = 24.99) so there will be one penny short.

  Each overpays by £1.67 (by paying in ten pounds each)

  Each person takes back £1 from the change leaving 3x67p in the kitty. 3x67p= £2.01

  The waiter gets a £2 tip, so there's a penny left over.

  • and our survey says?
    "UR URRRR" incorrect– Jimbo82

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:02 a.m. – Permalink

• sofakingbanned

  yea 8.33, not 9

  Fuck my procrastination knows no bounds!
  And I fucking hate math!

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:03 a.m. – Permalink

• October

  subtract instead of adding the £2 tip since its part of the £27

  the breakdown
  25 for the bill
  2 for the tip
  3 in each guys pocket

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:03 a.m. – Permalink

• autoflavour

  it did take me a few minutes to work it out tho

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:04 a.m. – Permalink

• Jimbo82

  Well done October, that was the answer I was looking for.

  Just interesting how it doesn't work when it's written that way

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:04 a.m. – Permalink

• thebottlerocket

  Sky poo is right

  3*10-5+1+1+1+2 = 30

  3*9+2 = 29

  • That's not what Sky poo said.– Jimbo821/3

    dont add 2 on the last equation. add 3 because they all took 1 each.– October2/3

    What did he say?– thebottlerocket3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:05 a.m. – Permalink

• mistermik

  retards.

  • So you jump in at the end after saying nothing and brand everyone retards?! Haha– Jimbo821/3

    well it is old and been explained elsewhere– mistermik2/3

    yeah, retards– hallelujah3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 2:34 a.m. – Permalink

• Jimbo82

  Still doesn't make sense

  • haha it does– mistermik1/3

    how?!?!?! Tell me!– Jimbo822/3

    forget the 29– silentseven3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:30 a.m. – Permalink

• silentseven

  25 for the bill
  2 for the tip
  3 in each guys pocket is right.

  You must have mis counted or your buddy is scamming you.

  • = 30
    – silentseven1/3

    so how much does each guy pay if he gets 1 back?– Jimbo822/3

    9.34– silentseven3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:35 a.m. – Permalink

• gung_hoek

  http://www.qbn.com/topics/561549…

  • http://en.wikipedia.…– gung_hoek

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:36 a.m. – Permalink

• Jimbo82

  So how much does each guy pay for the meal? £9
  How much does the waiter get? £2

  3 x 9 = 27 + 2 + 30

  • RETARD
    3 x 9 = 27 + 2 = 29
    – Jimbo821/3

    you for real? haha– mistermik2/3

    that one made me laugh
    
    tx– al_la3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:36 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  this thread is surprisingly less than spectacular

  • needs more jazX– 7point341/2

    true, but it's bugging me and no-ones got an answer– Jimbo822/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:37 a.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  what's a £?

  • An ancient numberical sphere made of goats tears– Jimbo821/3

    that's what I thought. you're a mind reader– Llyod2/3

    its like a peso– mcLeod3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:38 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  i shit on this thread

  • dammit, janne! warn me next time!!!– 7point341/2

    *grumbles off to the shower– 7point342/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:39 a.m. – Permalink

• PonyBoy

  for oldelpaso... from the original thread

  

  • recurring theme– mistermik

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:39 a.m. – Permalink

• TheBlueOne

  This is a job for a David Blaine TV special!

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:39 a.m. – Permalink

• SkyPoo

  Jimbo, Don't worry about it. The liklihood of you being in a party of three, each of whome has a ten pound note, and eating a meal that cost exactly £25 is almost so remote it tickles impossibility in the ribs.

  Furthermore if it did happen just tell them to keep the change and the fabric of the universe will remain intact, which is not too bad for a £5 tip.

  • HAHAHAHAHA– janne761/3

    Haha nice– Jimbo822/3

    who is the europussy now?– capsize3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:42 a.m. – Permalink

• mistermik

  what if your steak was burnt?

  • £2 surcharge for extra gas used.– SkyPoo1/2

    but that means they have paid £32 - man- this is tough– mistermik2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 2, 08, 8:43 a.m. – Permalink