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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColdBreath" data-source="post: 13620794" data-attributes="member: 293962">Math seems pretty  straightforward. And it's either simple calculations or complex ones.  But there is always a solution...Or is there!!!Let's try this. (figures are just examples and are not reflective of any rates. *grin*)3  guys who were traveling stopped at a motel for the night. They got a  not-so-expensive room for themselves, which cost them $30. So each guy  had to shell out $10. This seemed to be a good deal for a stay there.Just  before checking out in the morning, room service came by and told them  that the manager had given them a $5 discount. He returned the same to  them. The 3 guys each took $1 back and tipped the room service guy with  the remaining $2. And off they went headed back home.Now let's go back and calculate the equation!!!Each  guy 1st spent $10, but took back $1 later. So in the end each spent $9.  So 3x9=27. And the room service guy was tipped $2. So 27+2=29.Hmmmm!!! $29 has been accounted for. So where is that remaining 1 dollar???Math!!! Simple, but sometimes, complicated, or shall we say, Mind Boggling!!! Read more at Buzzle: <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/math-it-isnt-so-straightforward.html" target="_blank">http://www.buzzle.com/articles/math-it-isnt-so-straightforward.html</a></blockquote>

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