# Where’s the missing dollar?

This is an old problem…but here goes.

Three businessmen decide to save money on a business trip by sharing a hotel room.  The men are charged \$30 for the room.  They each pay with a \$10 bill and retire for the evening.  The hotel manager then notices that she should have only charged the men \$25 for the room.  She gives the bellhop 5 one-dollar bills and gives him instructions to take the men the \$5.  On the way to the room, the bellhop decides that he will help himself to a \$2 tip.  (Five isn’t divisible by three anyway.)  He gives the remaining money to the men, and they each take \$1.

At this point, the three men have each paid \$9 for the room.  3x\$9 = \$27.  The bellhop has \$2 in his pocket.  \$27 +\$2 = \$29.

Where is the missing dollar?

Click here for link to a site that provides an explanation (after you’ve tried for a day or two to figure it out on your own, of course.)
The passage presents a classic mathematical puzzle involving a missing dollar in a transaction between three men, a bellhop, and a hotel manager. It describes the sequence of events and ends with a question about the missing dollar.
single_question
Given a text passage, determine:
    1. If it contains a mathematical question (including word problems or calculations)
    2. If an answer to that mathematical question is provided in the text

First, describe the content structure you found in 1-2 sentences.

Then provide your analysis in the following format:
TYPE: <one of the following values>
- NO_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION
- SINGLE_QUESTION_WITH_ANSWER
- MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS
- MULTIPLE_QUESTIONS_WITH_ANSWERS
system
# Where’s the missing dollar?

This is an old problem…but here goes.

Three businessmen decide to save money on a business trip by sharing a hotel room.  The men are charged \$30 for the room.  They each pay with a \$10 bill and retire for the evening.  The hotel manager then notices that she should have only charged the men \$25 for the room.  She gives the bellhop 5 one-dollar bills and gives him instructions to take the men the \$5.  On the way to the room, the bellhop decides that he will help himself to a \$2 tip.  (Five isn’t divisible by three anyway.)  He gives the remaining money to the men, and they each take \$1.

At this point, the three men have each paid \$9 for the room.  3x\$9 = \$27.  The bellhop has \$2 in his pocket.  \$27 +\$2 = \$29.

Where is the missing dollar?

Click here for link to a site that provides an explanation (after you’ve tried for a day or two to figure it out on your own, of course.)
user
The passage presents a classic mathematical puzzle involving a missing dollar in a transaction between three men, a bellhop, and a hotel manager. It describes the sequence of events and ends with a question about the missing dollar.

TYPE: SINGLE_QUESTION