The missing dollar riddle is a famous riddle that involves an informal fallacy.

Wheres the missing dollar.

The missing dollar. The manager says the bill is 30 so each guest pays 10. If you still want to work from the original 30 the travelers have 3 the hotel has 25 and the bellboy has 2. Where s the missing dollar. 3 men go into a motel. Three ladies go to a restaurant for a meal.

The misleading part is adding the bellboy s 2 to. A while later the man behind the desk realized the. They each put 10 on the table which the waiter collects and takes to the till. First the bookstore salesclerk received nothing for the 3. The cashier informs the waiter that the bill should only have been for 25 and returns 5 to the waiter in 1 coins. Three guests check into a hotel room.

It dates back to at least the 1930s although similar puzzles are much older. There is no missing dollar you kept 1 dollar for yourself you added up something that wasn t supposed to be added the one dollar. Where is the other dollar. Now each person. There s no missing dollar. Like the previous puzzle the deception here is in the layout of the numerical information.

Out of that 27 the hotel has 25 and the clerk kept the remaining 2. This meant that the 3 men each paid 9 for the room which is a total of 27 add the 2 that the bellboy kept 29. Money borrowed 100. A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only 25 so he. There is no missing dollar from the original 30 because after getting 1 back the three travelers had paid a total of 27 for their room 9 each not 30. There is no missing dollar.

Where is the missing dollar. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that 5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets 2 and gives 1 to each person. Three men go to stay at a hotel and they are charged 30 for the room. You gave your parents 1 each so you owe them 98 all together there is no missing dollar you don t add the dollar you kept for yourself. They split the cost with ten dollars each. Wheres the missing dollar.

Although the wording and specifics can alter the puzzle runs along these lines. Later the manager realizes the bill should only have been 25. 3 men go into a hotel. They receive a bill for 30. The man behind the desk said the room is us 30 so each man paid us 10 and went to their room. On the way back to the table the waiter realizes that he cannot divide the coins.