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Bellboy, The (1960)
IMDB rating: 6.20
Plot: Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach. It is there that he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All that he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can go wrong - does go wrong when Stanley is involved. Then one day, Jerry Lewis, big star, arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the striking resemblance. Stanley continues to do what he was hired to do while star Lewis has more trouble with his entourage than the hotel accommodations.
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Directors: Lewis Jerry
Actors: Lewis Jerry,Lewis Jerry,Gerry Alex,Clayton Bob,Sands Sonnie,Shaeffer Eddie,Styles Herkie,Landfield David,Richmond Bill,Best Larry,Middlecoff Cary,Terry Art,Carr Frankie,Mayer Joe,Allan Stanley,Comedy,
I bet you can't solve this riddle?
Ok. So 3 people go to a hotel. They pay the man behind the counter $30, $10 each. Then they go up to their room.
The man behind the counter realizes that he had charged them too much. The room was $25, not $30. so he called for the bellboy to give them their change, which was $5.
The bellboy notices he can’t split $5 into 3, so he puts $2 in his pocket and hands each of the 3 people $1. That means each of them payed $9.
They all together payed $27. The bellboy has $2. That’s $29.
What happened to the other dollar?
Think it through. i doubt you will find the answer.
The missing dollar was not dropped, stolen, or lost in any way.
Smokin303 is right, guys. it’s called a mathematical quirk.
The math isnt wrong…
A mathematical quirk is when its a math problem where, depending on how you approach the problem, you can only get it right one way.
its like… any math problem, really. If you dont do a certain order of steps, you’ll get it wrong.
$30
Hotel has $25
Bellboy had $5 to give back
Gave $3 to back to the friends
Kept $2 to Bellboy
25 + 3 + 2 = $30
There is no extra dollar. Not so much of a math riddle, more of a logic riddle, how you look at it kind of riddle.
FYI- He did NOT do his math wrong. That is acutally how the riddle goes. Its logic.
| Nov 01, 2009
Umm, you did your math wrong. 25+3=28, not 27.
okay I lied. if they each payed $9 which makes sense then that’s 27 and and from then on..I have no idea.
Patiio d | Nov 01, 2009
what you mean the dollar is still their you did your math wrong.
Gamer | Nov 01, 2009
umm i dont know
Alec | Nov 01, 2009
i love this riddle i told it to my family i think the answer has to do with the math originally you were adding and subtracting and in the end dividing and multiplying which ended up changing the numbers
Rebecca | Nov 01, 2009
u did do ur math wrong, so u would have thought in the bellboys pocket right. but that is wrong , nice idea though, they have the riddle on riddlezmania and u will find the right math, there
is p | Nov 01, 2009
wait there 3 people and 1 dollar back to each so person 1 has a dollar person 2 has a dollar person 3 has a dollar = 3 the bell boy has 2 thats 5 duh
brooke 8 | Nov 01, 2009
they actually ended up paying $28. the math is just wrong
Jon R | Nov 01, 2009
I’ve seen this riddle posted here repeatedly. I’m almost tired of it.
The 3 people payed $27, 2 of which went to the bellboy. So you should have subtracted the $2 from the 27 to calculate the total cost
Anyone who’s ever done any bookkeeping can get this in 5 seconds.
smrt_A**_101 | Nov 01, 2009
Hotel Bellboy Men
———————30
30
25 ——-5
25 ——-2——–3
25 + 2 + 3 = 30
Aeren | Nov 01, 2009
The 2 dollars is included in the 27 and then add the dollar each person got back
Jcole1313 | Nov 01, 2009
Looks like you lost the bet, quite a few people on here have got the answer right, even with your poor maths LOSER
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Baron von Klinkerhoffen | Nov 01, 2009
u did your math wrong!
Greeni | Nov 01, 2009
I KNOW IT I KNOW IT Pie! Chochlate pie with cream on the top
XoXo Diamonds | Nov 01, 2009
