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Posted by: CharlieJ (cjoseph@eagle1.eaglenet.com) on 3/24/1998@23:41hrs:
In Reply to: Post-a-Riddle#2...A Brain Teaser posted by: DAN BLAINE on 3/24/1998@02:31hrs:
You don't add the $2 the bellhop kept. To make the equation proper you
subtract it. The $2 merely represents the additional $0.667 that each paid over
the $8.333 they should have paid. i.e.
Room rent=(3x9)-2
Charlie