What the?!
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- 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.
- Jimbo820
AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH
Somebody kill me, I'll hire 3 people to kill me and pay them £25...
- 7point340
you've each paid 9
9*3 = 27
the bill was 25
25 +2 = 27there. you're done.
- autoflavour0
because each person only needed to pay £8.33, not £9
- bulletfactory0
this was all covered in a thread discussing the same exact thing.
- SkyPoo0
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.
- 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
- sofakingbanned0
yea 8.33, not 9
Fuck my procrastination knows no bounds!
And I fucking hate math!
- 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.
- October0
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
- autoflavour0
it did take me a few minutes to work it out tho
- Jimbo820
Well done October, that was the answer I was looking for.
Just interesting how it doesn't work when it's written that way
- 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?
- thebottlerocket0
Sky poo is right
3*10-5+1+1+1+2 = 30
3*9+2 = 29
- That's not what Sky poo said.Jimbo82
- dont add 2 on the last equation. add 3 because they all took 1 each.October
- What did he say?thebottlerocket
- Jimbo820
£40!
- 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)