three men go on a trip they all decide to get a large room together in a hotel. so they go in to the desk and see the room is 30 dollars.they each pay $10 and go to there room.later the manager asked the desk clerk if he gave them the weekend special.He said no so the manager told him to give them $5 dollars back because the special was 25 dollars.so the desk clerk trys to figure out how to split the money to give it back to them and decides he will keep two dollars for a tip and give them each a dollar back.now each of the men ended up paying 9 dollars for the room.here is the riddle> 3x9=27 that means they payed 27 dollars for the room but the clerk has two dollars he kept for a tip witch comes to 29 dollars where did the other dollar go remember the room was 30 dollars to begin with

you got me stumped buddy. good one

25 bucks paid + 3 bucks returned + 2 bucks in clerk's pocket = 30 bucks.. not so hard..

he kept the dollar because he got thirsty walking back to their rooms to give them the money back so he bought a soda

its all in how you do the math and how you tell the story

yeah that true i know that 25+3+2=30 but if the math is done the other way it dosent add up