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EdgefieldDaily.com annual Relay for Life Riddle


web posted May 1, 2008
WEBNEWS – With the Annual Relay for Life set for May 16-17, EdgefieldDaily.com is bringing back our Relay for Life Riddle. If any reader can guess the riddle, EdgefieldDaily.com will donate a minimum of $200 to Relay for Life. So put on your thinking caps and give Relay for Life the money.

Three men traveling together stop at an Edgefield hotel. The room they are to share is said to cost $30.

So each pays $10 to rent the room and they are provided the key.

However, when the desk clerk checks the rate he discovers that the particular room the men are sharing has a cost of only $25 and he calls the bellhop to return the money the three overpaid.

The desk clerk gives the bellhop five $1 bills and tells him of the situation and instructed him to return the over payment.

The bellhop, knowing there are only three men and five $1 bills, decides that three $1 bills is easier to equally distribute and places two of the $1 bills in his pocket as he knocks on the door.

When one of the men answers he tells them they were overcharged and they were each due a $1 rebate and hands each of the men a $1 bill.

Each man paid $10 for the room and received a $1 rebate making the cost of the room $9 for each of the men; therefore the cost of the room combined is $27 (3x9=27). The bellhop pocketed $2 making the total cost $29 (3x9=27 and 27+2=29).

Where is the missing dollar?

Email your answer prior to May 14 to the Editor here or paste: editor@edgefielddaily.com into your email. The answer will be revealed on May 15. If you provide the correct answer and your name, it will be listed when the riddle is revealed.



 




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