What the?!
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- Jimbo820
Alright people, I get it now, I read this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mis…
posted in the 12th comment by gung_hoek. Makes perfect sense, why didn't you all just say so, jeeeezzz.
Thread over.
Thankyouplease.
Time to go home.
- SkyPoo0
I'm still trying to figure out my own envelope trick. Something went herribly wrong there somewhere.
- kerus0
can i get a subprime loan for my share of the bill plz
- Jnr_Madison0
No wonder all these banks are going under.
- October0
the problem was written wrong intentionally to confuse you. ignore the computation in the problem and do your own.
25 bill
2 tip
= 27 or 9x3 (which they all pay)
3 in all their pocketsor do it like this
I'm £9 down +1 in pocket
T-Dawgs £9 down +1 in pocket
McLeods £9 down +1 in pocketwe all paid 27 total which is the bill and the tip
- Jimbo820
No way... really?!?!
*sighs, rolls eyes and shakes head*
Not again.
- I can't decide if you're joking or not becuase there was meant to be some bartering back and forth and you...SkyPoo
- ... just went for the dumbest price right away LOLSkyPoo
- I'm taking the mick! As in I've been conned in the old envelope tirck many times beforeJimbo82
- HAHAHA, I thought it was odd you jumped right on the £40 marker. I started to wonder if I had got it wrong.SkyPoo
- So ends the thread and I'm none the wiser!Jimbo82
- Its not all bad though Jimbo. We all know where to come for a loan now.SkyPoo
- SkyPoo0
You just paid me £40 to own an envelope that you already own £20 of anyway. I invested only £20, and I walk away with your buyout fee of £40.
The pleasure is all mine Jimbo. I like you more with every passing moment. Lets meet for drinks later.
= )
- T-Dawg0
you've been adding the tip twice
each man gives £10, gets back £1 --> everyone's paid £9
the waiter gets his £2 from the £27, (the other £25 covers the bill)
- Jimbo820
£40!
- SkyPoo0
Just out of interest Jimbo...
You and I are sat in a pub, we each have a twenty pound note and between us we have one envelope - ordinary in every way, this is not a trick.
We both agree to place our twenty pound notes into the envelope and seal it.
We are now jointly invested in that envelope.
It is now time to bid for total ownership of that envelope by offering a fee to buy the other person out.
What will you offer me to own the envelope outright?
- mcLeod0
I'm £9 down
T-Dawgs £9 down
McLeods £9 down
The waiters £2 up
--------------------------------...you've got this wrong. I would never hang out with you.
- Jimbo820
I understand that 7.34 but where does the confusion come from? It's not that I don't understand how it works, it's that I don't understand why it doesn't work the other way. I'm looking deeper into the mechanics of the question
- Look deeper, oh seeker. Think deeply, meditate slowly, do your sums with mastery. - BuddhaSkyPoo
- the 2 tip is included in your 9 dollars that is why7point34
- you've taken back the 3 bucks so it doesn't add up to 30 anymore it adds up to 277point34
- ok, so it has something to do with there being £3 left between the patrons and £2 for the waiterJimbo82
- therefore, by somehow subtracting the £2 from the £3 your left with the odd figure of 1 whichJimbo82
- affects the whole outcome of the sum. Just want a logical explanationJimbo82
- bulletfactory0
this was all covered in a thread discussing the same exact thing.
- 7point340
you've each paid 9
9*3 = 27
the bill was 25
25 +2 = 27there. you're done.
- Jimbo820
AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH
Somebody kill me, I'll hire 3 people to kill me and pay them £25...
- Jimbo820
OK ok ok. So say I was one of the 3 men. I hand over a tenner, I get a quid back. The same for T-Dawg adn McLeod. We've all paid in reality 9 pounds. The waiter, in reality, gets a two pound tip. Therefore;
I'm £9 down
T-Dawgs £9 down
McLeods £9 down
The waiters £2 upSo someone do the maths there. Cos I keep coming up with the same thing.