Wednesday, September 22, 2004

New Puzzle ...

hi guys .... just came across this puzzle in a website .... check it out and send me ur answers ... here goes ...

You and two other people go to a restaurant. The bill comes to 30 pounds so you decide to split it between you, 10 pound each. The waiter takes the money to the kitchen. He is told he has over charged you by five pounds. On the way to returning the money to you he realises he can make a profit here. He takes two pounds and gives you each a pound back, so you have each only paid 9 pounds each. So three 9's are 27 and the waiter has two pounds, so where has the other pound gone?

nicely framed is it not ???

enjoy :)

3 comments:

kpowerinfinity said...

Well, the devil is in the math!

The bill comes to 25. We paid 27. Waiter keeps 2. It matches!

The point is that you are comparing the amount returned (30-27) with the money the waiter keeps(27-25)

good one neways!

apratim said...

well need i say anything ... KK u r bang on ....

but if only u had waited a little longer befire posting maybe there would have been a few more comments on my page ...

thanx neway

kpowerinfinity said...

sorry buddy... will keep that in mind next time...