# Can you figure this out? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 25, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497 "2007-03-25T20:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/21 "2007-03-25T21:48:08Z")
its was you, Governerd, and the door. Odd that Squiz’s door didnt get broken. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/22 "2007-03-25T22:30:25Z")
If you think of it in this manner, each man walked in with $10 in his pocket and left with $1 then it comes out to $29. However if you look at it from a mathmatical standpoint then when it gets down to $25 each person only paid $8.33 thus making their $9 technically $9.33 which would equal the entire $30. It’s just another stupid riddle to make you think. However I like ILCisDEAD’s theory that the treadmill took it. HAhahahahah ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/23 "2007-03-25T22:47:46Z")
$30 - $2 to bellboy - $3 to customers = $25 room price everything is accounted for you DONT add in the $2 the bellboy kept… you subtract it to reach the $25 room price ---
**Author:** ![Superium](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/superium/32/7405_2.png) [@Superium](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Superium)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/24 "2007-03-25T23:00:57Z")
Its a diversion, you guys are trying to figure out the evaluation while those 3 guys are having one wild n crazy bear loving threesome. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/25 "2007-03-25T23:02:41Z")
Honestly what 3 guys would get a room for 30 bucks. I’m sure there is only 1 bed and a heart shaped tub. I’d call no homo but this equation smells of mis-used lubrication and Brokeback Mountain re-runs. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/26 "2007-03-25T23:16:05Z")
The $27 comes from the original $30 minus the dollar each given back (-$3). The bellboy kept the other $2. So, $27-$2 = $25. Why would you add the $2 dollars to the $27 paid? **I know it has been stated in the thread, I am just typing out loud.** So the room was $25. The bellboy took $2 and the men got $3. $30. It’s bullshit wording. The real question is, where are there $30 hotel rooms, that three guys stay in? (also stated in the thread. lol) ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/27 "2007-03-25T23:56:08Z")
[quote=“brendansi,post:26,topic:26497"”] **I know it has been stated in the thread, I am just typing out loud.** [/quote] you forgot the caps… but each guy is paying 9 bucks for the room, 9 \* 3 = 27 , bell boy has 2 dollars… WE’RE STILL MISSING A DOLLAR… ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/28 "2007-03-26T00:10:05Z")
My bad on the caps. I always forget something. 😛 And no you’re not missing a dollar. I mean yeah, you are if you add $2/$5 taken away. Which makes no sense. They originally paid $30. Each guy got $1 dollar back. So now we have that $27 the three guys paid. Now the bellboy took $2. Now we have the $25 dollars the room really cost. There is $5 left over. $3 went to the guys, and $2 went to the bellboy. :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/29 "2007-03-26T00:18:22Z")
shhhhh, I’m just trying to stir things up lol ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/30 "2007-03-26T00:22:05Z")
My bad again. I am on a roll tonight 🍺 + intrawebs + math problems do not mix. Now to finish my paper. :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/31 "2007-03-26T00:23:05Z")
but what if this hotel room was located inside a helicopter that was trying to take off of a giant spinnning platform???1? would the copter take off?? omg?? ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/32 "2007-03-26T00:26:35Z")
[quote=“87FOXGT,post:31,topic:26497"”] but what if this hotel room was located inside a helicopter that was trying to take off of a giant spinnning platform???1? would the copter take off?? omg?? [/quote] Only if the tread mill is going at 0.9999999~ MPH lol ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/33 "2007-03-26T06:51:53Z")
> If seven chocolate bars and one bag of jelly beans cost $0.36 and 10 bags of jelly beans and one chocolate bar cost $0.15, how much is a chocolate bar? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/34 "2007-03-26T06:55:41Z")
Ok the guys only paid 8.3333333 dollars a piece, then they gat a dollar back to make it 9.3333333, the bell boy got the other two dollars making $30. Done and Done. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/35 "2007-03-26T07:10:55Z")
[quote=“drvnkd,post:33,topic:26497"”] If seven chocolate bars and one bag of jelly beans cost $0.36 and 10 bags of jelly beans and one chocolate bar cost $0.15, how much is a chocolate bar? [/quote] Let X= one chocolate bar Let Y=one bag of jelly beans Given 7X+Y=.36 X+10Y=.15 7x+Y=.36 =\> X=(.36-Y)/7 Thus (.36-Y)/7 + 10Y = .15 continuing .36/7 - Y/7 + 10Y = .15 and (71/7)Y = .0985 Y = .01 dollars X = .05 dollars Solution: That’s some damn cheap candy. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/36 "2007-03-26T07:18:15Z")
[quote=“Violator,post:23,topic:26497"”] $30 - $2 to bellboy - $3 to customers = $25 room price everything is accounted for you DONT add in the $2 the bellboy kept… you subtract it to reach the $25 room price [/quote] Exactly. The way its worded, we are to assume the 3 dollars returned never existed. So when you add 2, you only get 29. Keep everything in subtraction terms and its $30. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/37 "2007-03-26T07:23:50Z")
[quote=“newman,post:35,topic:26497"”] Let X= one chocolate bar Let Y=one bag of jelly beans Given 7X+Y=.36 X+10Y=.15 7x+Y=.36 =\> X=(.36-Y)/7 Thus (.36-Y)/7 + 10Y = .15 continuing .36/7 - Y/7 + 10Y = .15 and (71/7)Y = .0985 Y = .01 dollars X = .05 dollars Solution: That’s some damn cheap candy. [/quote] damn engineers 😃 edit: [http://www.maryland.us.mensa.org/Mini-Quiz.pdf](http://www.maryland.us.mensa.org/Mini-Quiz.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/38 "2007-03-26T07:36:43Z")
[quote=“Violator,post:23,topic:26497"”] $30 - $2 to bellboy - $3 to customers = $25 room price everything is accounted for you DONT add in the $2 the bellboy kept… you subtract it to reach the $25 room price [/quote] right thats how i looked at it, i dont under stand what is so hard/confusing about it. they paid $30, room was actually $25. bellboy gives $3 of the $5 back and keeps $2. 3+2 = 5; 25+5 = 30. they didnt pay $9 they paid 9.33 each ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/39 "2007-03-26T07:38:44Z")
[quote=“drvnkd,post:37,topic:26497"”] damn engineers 😃 edit: [http://www.maryland.us.mensa.org/Mini-Quiz.pdf](http://www.maryland.us.mensa.org/Mini-Quiz.pdf) [/quote] lol. that’s on a mensa exam? I think that’s like regents course 2 math. LOL ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497/40 "2007-03-26T07:56:40Z")
i have less respect for mensa people after that “quiz”… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-figure-this-out/26497.md?page=3)