I was reading the latest edition of a small magazine called Science News. There were several articles about using false information items or manipulating logic so people can be misled. Let me show you how it’s done with an example I used in my college classroom. Three men traveling together stop at a motel and find the room cost $30. They each pull out a $10 bill and pay for the room. After they have left, the clerk realizes that room was discounted to draw in more customers, and they should’ve only been charged $25. The desk clerk gives one of a maid 5 $1 bills and explains they need to be returned to the three men. On the way to the room, the maid realizes there is no way to divide the $5.00 three ways. To solve that problem, she pockets two dollars. When she reaches the room, she tells them the room was on sale and gives each a one-dollar bill.
Since each of the men got one dollar back – they only paid $9 for the room or a total of $27 [9 X 3=27]. The maid kept $2. [$27 what the men paid plus the $2 the maid kept totals up to $29.] My question is what happened to the other dollar? I’ll explain tomorrow what happened to it tomorrow – see if you can figure it out before then.
