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The Missing Dollar Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/18/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES!

Here's an old riddle with a new cache. Years ago we presented this riddle to our algebra teacher and he spent the entire class trying to explain it to us.


Good Luck!


Three guests check into a hotel. The clerk says the bill is $30. Later the clerk realizes the bill should only be $25. To rectify he gives the bellhop five to return to the guests. On the way back to the room the bellhop realizes that he cannot divide the money evenly. As they didn’t know the total of the revised bill, he decides to give each guest a dollar and keep two for himself.

Now that the guests have been given a dollar back, each has paid $9. 3 x 9 = 27 and the bellhop has $2. 2 + 27 = 29. If the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining dollar?

Images for puzzle solve (uploadedNov2018)

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