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Old 01-29-04, 04:21 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Fatal Mirage
So each guy took a dollar each (= $3.00) and gave the bellboy a $2.00 tip

If They All Gave A Dollar Each, Why Is It A $2 Tip? Its Three, Thats where Its Missing??




no. $5.00 (refund) - $3.00 (each) = $2.00 (tip)

They took $1.00 back, which means they only paid $9.00 each. The $5.00 refund got split evenly with the three of them, and the $2.00 leftover went to the tip.
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