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April 20th, 2006 @ 10:44 PM
I realized this morning that I never posted the solution yesterday to the brain teaser, and as the title says, I doubt anyone was really waiting for it.
The answer: there is no missing dollar. All $30 is accounted for; the manager has $25, the bellboy has $2, and the men have the remaining $3. The problem arises from how the money is laid out at the end of the brain teaser. Of the $27 the men paid, $25 is with the manager and the other $2 is with the bellboy. Therefore, adding in the $2 the bellboy has again is a mistake since it is already counted in the $27.