Three guys go to the bar and get £30 worth of drinks. They pay £10 (10*3=30) each and the waitress takes the money. Before she puts it in the till the manager notices the guys and tells her “I know these guys, give them a £5 discount”
On the way to their table the waitress decides to give the guys £3 back and keep £2 as a tip.
The guys take a pound each, so instead of paying £10 each they end up paying £9 each (9*3=27).
And the question is: if they ended up paying £27 and the waitress kept £2 where did the last pound go?
In: 397
Oh my…. Thank you kind souls of Reddit! I just finished work and I am met with all this…
I never expected this little riddle to get this much attention and now after reading some of your responses I realised that the question really is asked in a way that forces you in a way of thinking that is definitely NOT mathematically correct. That’s what makes it a riddle I guess.
Thank you for all the feedback and thorough explanations a-a-and feel free to mess with your friends using this “riddle” 😉
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