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Old 02-15-2007, 09:17 AM
juiceistilted juiceistilted is offline
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Default Re: OT: STTF [censored] thread, February

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/430074...gure_this_out/

This might be out of line to post here so if I broke any rulse by all mean do whatever you have to do. This had got me thinking and I am hurting myself. I havent gone to check the answer I dont want to. what do you guys think im missind I know it some sort of really obvious answer but it is beond me right now.

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<font color="white">There is no other dollar. The room was $25, they payed $30. Getting only $3 back, they had $27. The other two dollars the bellhop kept would have reduced the $27 to the proper $25.</font>

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i got in one of the most drawn out arguments ive ever had with an intelligent person about this... he kept insisting it was a mathematical anomaly despite the fact that i explained it to him several times... i now question how intelligent that guy is...

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I know I am not the sharpest tac in the box, but this one kinda had me going for a while. The whole time I knew the math was right, just something funky in the wording thats makes the dollar dissapear.LOLOL
Thanks guys, kinda funny right?