Here's a brainteaser which has been around for some time, but there may be those of you who haven't come across it before -
Three people go to a restaurant for a meal. At the end, they are presented with a bill for £30. They decide to split the cost between them equally, so each gives the waiter £10. He takes the money to the cashier, who realises that the bill has been incorrectly totalled, and the true figure is £25. He therefore gives the waiter £5 to return to the diners. The waiter realises he cannot divide £5 equally between the three of them, and anyway they don't know what the true figure is, so he simply tells them they have been overcharged, apologises and gives them each £1. The other £2 he keeps for himself. So now each diner has paid £9 and the waiter has £2 - a total of £29. What happened to the other £1? As ever, I'll give you a few days to think about it.
Sunday, July 07, 2013
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