Three friends went for a dinner and the bill amount was 75rs
all the 3 gave 25 rs each
manager gave 5rs concession
waiter kept 2rs with himself and gave one rupee each
so the bill amount for each person was 24rs
now 24+24+24 = 72 and 2rs of waiter
total 74rs
where the one rupee is?
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I hope i get the same response for this question as i got for the previous questions.
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ReplyDeleteafter 5 rupees concession n waiter keeping Rs 2
ReplyDeletebill = [70/3 + 1] + [70/3 + 1] + [70/3 + 1] = 73
therefore total bill 73 + 2 = 75.
when i look at the post, it says 4 comments. but when i click on it, i can only see 2.
ReplyDeletewhere have the 2 comments gone!!
but my friend then whats wrong in the above process they intially gave 25 rs each they got 1 rs each so they gave 24 rs
ReplyDeleteand if total spending is 73 rs then from where the one rupee came
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ReplyDeleteamount given by friends =75
ReplyDeleteamount returned by manager =5
amount to waiter =2
so amount spent by friends =73 not 72
so ek ka kata .. he paid an extra buck :)
wrong answer
ReplyDeletethe above answers are wrong
ReplyDeleteSince each is spending 24 rs. effectively, that makes it 72 rupees and that is 70 + 2 ie the actual bill + waiter's tip.
ReplyDeleteThe remaining 3 rupees are with the 3 guys.
So 72 + 3 is 75.
The flaw here is that you are doubly adding the waiter's tip.
ReplyDeleteOut of 72, waiter's tip has already been accounted for and you are again adding 2 to it so you are actually giving FOUR rupees to the waiter instead of 2.
And that additional 2 rs comes out of the pockets of the 3 men and since they have the 3 rs back, they will then be left with just 1 rs.
Hence, that 1 re is with one of the 3 guys.
nice one Rahul I hope you werent frustrated by the whole thing
ReplyDeleteNow i think you came to know why I was adamant and interrupting you in between
This is a question out of Shakuntala Devi's book
ReplyDeletei got it as an sms from my brother yesterday and posted it after solving it
ReplyDeletethere may be many puzzles matching as the book is awesome and covers variety of question
i havent read that but heard of it a lot
Same thing happens in indian administration.no one knows where the hell people's money gone.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is that yes each friend's expenditure was 24 rupees thus bringing the total to Rs.72. This total in itself consists of the 2 rupees which the waiter took so it was no need to add it in the end. Out of the 75 rupees which the friends paid, three rupees were given back to them and rest was spent including 2 rupees taken by the waiter. Thus no rupee was lost.
ReplyDeleteits not that the money with the 3 guys added to that with the waiter has to be equal to Rs.75...instead, the money with the waiter added to that with the manager has to be equal to the money with the 3 friends, and it is so...money with waiter + money with manager = 2+70=72=money with the friends (combined)...so not a single rupee was lost
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