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Anonymous  +  309703 Tue, 02 Jan 07 03:26 PM
    3 friends go to a resturant and order for coke. Waiter gets 3 bottles and a bill of $27. Each of the 3 friends contribute $10(TOTAL $30). The waiter realises that instead of $25 the bill is misprinted as $27. Cunning waiter gets $5 back from the cashier. He keeps $2 in his pocket and returns $1 to each of the 3 friends. Now here is the tricky part:
Each person first contributed $10 so it makes $30 and the waiter returns them $1. So totally  they pay $27 and waiter keeps back $2. total is $29... So were is $1 out of $30.....


Its just awesome.... Find out and let me know the solution... Even i dont know the answer but its quite logical to guys get ur brains working.
Mister Micawber  +  309917 Wed, 03 Jan 07 06:39 AM

3 x $9 = $27 = $25 +$2.   The two dollars is already included in the 27-dollar figure.  There is no missing dollar.

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Anonymous, 2 yr 326 days ago
    my dear friend everyone individually contributed $10 and got back $1 each. So individually they paid $9 which totals up to $27 and the waiter had kept back $2 in his own pocket.. so $27 + $ 2 = $30
Mister Micawber  +  309997 Wed, 03 Jan 07 12:47 PM

No,  $27 (what the 3 men paid out) = $25 (the meal) + $2 (the defalcation).  There is no $29 and there is no missing dollar.

J1115  +  310597 Fri, 05 Jan 07 12:59 AM
This is much harder when it's not written out. We had people tearing up paper to represent dollars to try to figure out where the last one went when a few friends of mine and I went around with this riddle.
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