Math Trick

Originally posted by MC Mike
Okay, everyone knows that 11 is more than 1. The same holds for 0.11 being more than 0.1. Now, Let me ask you this:

When you have 9.0, you add 1.0 to get to 10. When you have 9.9, you add 0.1. And now the important part:

If you have 9.99, you add 0.11. 0.11 is more than 0.1. 9.99 is more than 9.9. Where did the extra value come from?

[b]This is a math trick, not a real problem. It's really simple, and everything that I said up there is total bullshit. 😛

If you scroll down you might see the answer so try figuring it out for yourself first.

*I got this from a little genius test thing* [/B]

yes this is simple. when you add 0.09 and 0.01, you get 0.10. so when you add 9.99 and 0.11, you get 10.10

the extra is .10. strange.

Originally posted by GCG
pretty much the same as this :

3 men go into a motel. The desk clerk said the room was $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later, the desk clerk realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5. On the way, the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man $1 and kept the other $2 for himself. This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27.
Add to that the $2 the bellboy kept and the total is $29.

Where is the other dollar?

what the bellboy forgot is, there were three guys with a total of 25 for the room. that meant, one guy paid 10, while the other two paid 9. unfortunately, when he kept the two dollars, he was cheating two guys. now which two guys he was cheating is up for the three guys to fight over. 10+9+9=28+the 2 the bellboy kept=30

Originally posted by justjakk
what the bellboy forgot is, there were three guys with a total of 25 for the room. that meant, one guy paid 10, while the other two paid 9. unfortunately, when he kept the two dollars, he was cheating two guys. now which two guys he was cheating is up for the three guys to fight over. 10+9+9=28+the 2 the bellboy kept=30

sorry, i woke up retarded.

25 for three guys meant two paid 8 and one paid 9

16-9=25.

if the bellboy did it right and let them fight over the five, it would have evened out. since he didnt, it left the 2 dollars out of the equation.

16+9+3=28+2=30

i knew there was a cure for retardation lol

you must be the ONE

yeah, aint it a kick in the arse?