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A traveling salesman who had spent several nights in a little
upstate New York hotel asks for his bill. It amounts to $30
which he, being a trusting soul, pays without more ado. Right
after the guest has left the house for the railroad station the
desk clerk realizes that he had overcharged his guest $5. So he
sends the bellboy to the station to refund the overcharge to
the guest. The bellhop, it turns out, is far less honest than his
supervisor. He argues: "If I pay that fellow only $3 back he
will still be overjoyed at getting something he never expectedand
I'll be richer by $2. And that's what he did.
Now the question is: If the guest gets a refund of $3 he
had paid $27 to the hotel all told. The dishonest bellhop has
kept $2. That adds up to $29. But this monetary transaction
started with $30 being paid to the desk clerk. Where is the
30th dollar?
A used-car dealer complains to his friend that today has been
a bad day. He has sold two cars, he tells his friend, for $750
each. One of the sales yielded him a 25 per cent profit. On the
other one he took a loss of 25 per cent. "What are you worrying
about?" asks his friend. "You had no loss whatsoever."
"On the contrary, a substantial one," answers the car dealer.
Who was right?
Now,lets see whos awake,whos asleep & who has some intelligence
upstate New York hotel asks for his bill. It amounts to $30
which he, being a trusting soul, pays without more ado. Right
after the guest has left the house for the railroad station the
desk clerk realizes that he had overcharged his guest $5. So he
sends the bellboy to the station to refund the overcharge to
the guest. The bellhop, it turns out, is far less honest than his
supervisor. He argues: "If I pay that fellow only $3 back he
will still be overjoyed at getting something he never expectedand
I'll be richer by $2. And that's what he did.
Now the question is: If the guest gets a refund of $3 he
had paid $27 to the hotel all told. The dishonest bellhop has
kept $2. That adds up to $29. But this monetary transaction
started with $30 being paid to the desk clerk. Where is the
30th dollar?
A used-car dealer complains to his friend that today has been
a bad day. He has sold two cars, he tells his friend, for $750
each. One of the sales yielded him a 25 per cent profit. On the
other one he took a loss of 25 per cent. "What are you worrying
about?" asks his friend. "You had no loss whatsoever."
"On the contrary, a substantial one," answers the car dealer.
Who was right?
Now,lets see whos awake,whos asleep & who has some intelligence
