Question

Three monkey's walk into a motel on the Curious George Hotel and ask for a room. The desk clerk says a room costs 30 bananas, so each monkey pays 10 bananas towards the cost.Later, the clerk realizes he made a mistake, that the room should have been 25 bananas. He calls the bellboy over and asks him to refund the other 5 bananas to the 3 monkeys. The bellboy, not wanting to make a mess dividing the 5 bananas three ways, decides to lie about the price, refunding each monkey I banana, keeping the other 2 bananas for himself. Ultimately cach monkey paid 9 bananas towards the room and the bellboy got 2 bananas, for a total of 29 bananas. But the original charge was 30 bananas.Where did the extra 1 banana go?

Answer 1

Step 1

Given;

$\begin{gathered} Cost\text{ for a room= \ 30} \\ Each\text{ monkey pays 30 bananas} \\ Clerk\text{ ask bell boy to refund 5 bananas} \\ Bell\text{ boy refunds 3 bananas} \\ Bell\text{ boy keeps 2 bananas} \end{gathered}$

Required; To determine where 1 banana went if 29 bananas are accounted for.

Step 2

Here is the break down; the balance should be like this;

$\begin{gathered} 25\text{ bananas-room} \\ 3\text{ banans\lparen3}\times1\text{ banana\rparen- back to monkeys} \\ 2\text{ bananas- Bell boy} \\ Total-30\text{ bananas} \end{gathered}$

Hence, there is no extra 1 banana, The monkeys spent 27 bananas of which the bellboy took 2 bananas and 25 bananas went to the room, and 3 bananas where returned to them. A total of 30 bananas