Paradox question
 

Three people check into a hotel. They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the bellboy to return to the people. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets £2 and gives £1 to each person. Now each person paid £10 and got back £1. So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The bellboy has £2, totalling £29. Where is the missing £1?

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Its not a paradox. Its bad math.

you have taken the £1 away from the customers but added the £2 from the bellboy. so it is a trick question as you should either add the £3 from the customers and the bellboy's £2 totalling £30 or you take away the whole £5 equalling £25 which is the room price

Bcareful what you are adding together.
Originally, they paid £30, they each received back £1, thus they now have only paid £27.
Of this £27, £25 went to the manager for the room and £2 went to the bellboy.

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