The Missing Dollar

Question

3 men walk into a restaurant with 25 coins each and order food.

The bill is 72 coins.

The 3 men pay their 25 coins each to the waiter and ask him to return quickly with the 3 coins change.

The owner discounts this bill to 70 coins.

The waiter on his way back keeps 2 coins, and gives each of the men their 1 coin. So each man has finally paid 24 coins each.

So the total coins accounted for is - 2 kept by waiter + 24x3 paid by men = 74 coins

Where is the missing 1 coin?

@Inazuma and some time earlier in the week I believe... Someone should add a "Please confirm that this is not the missing dollar riddle" checkbox to the question submission process. — Brent Hackers, Jun 16 '16 at 11:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '16 at 08:25

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Because it's not 2 kept by waiter and 24x3 paid by men in the end. It's:

2 kept by waiter
3x1 left for men as change
70 went for the bill

Because

You can't calculate the total adding "kept" to "paid" (+ to -)

answered Jun 16 '16 at 08:25

Gintas K

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