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can anyone answer this please,3 men order a meal and work out that it will be £30 so they gave the waiter £10 each. the waiter adds up the bill to £25 so wondering how to split the remaining £5 between the 3 men,he decided to pocket £2 for a tip and gave the men £1 each back therefore this meant the men had paid £9 each for their meal.3x £9 = £27,plus £2 tip = £29, what has happened to the other pound? Hope you can understand this.
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This one ties me up in knots whenever I read it. Basically though it's gone nowhere because the puzzle is confusing people by mixing calculations together that have no right to be mixed up.
Total given to waiter: £30 (= 10 + 10 + 10)
Actual food bill: £25
Change returned: £ 3
Tip kept: £ 2
So £30 in, £30 out. No missing pound, and the £29 figure is therefore a mistake/ distraction.
Total given to waiter: £30 (= 10 + 10 + 10)
Actual food bill: £25
Change returned: £ 3
Tip kept: £ 2
So £30 in, £30 out. No missing pound, and the £29 figure is therefore a mistake/ distraction.