{"id":187054,"date":"2023-11-16T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/where-did-the-1-dollar-go-riddle\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:51:43","slug":"where-did-the-1-dollar-go-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/where-did-the-1-dollar-go-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did the 1 dollar go riddle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where did the 1 dollar go riddle?<\/p>\n

You may have come across the popular riddle that goes, “Three friends walk into a restaurant and decide to split the bill evenly. The bill amounts to $30, so each person pays $10. However, the waiter realizes there was a mistake and that the bill is only $25. So, he hands over $5 to the friends as change. Now, the three friends cannot split $5 evenly, so each of them takes $1 and they leave $2 as a tip. Now, if each person originally paid $10 and they each took $1 back, that means they paid $9 each. Multiply that by three, and it adds up to $27. If they left $2 as a tip, where did the other dollar go?” This riddle has puzzled many, and in this article, we will explore the answer to the intriguing question of: Where did the 1 dollar go?<\/p>\n

**The answer to the question “Where did the 1 dollar go?” lies in a common misconception in the riddle’s narrative. The $27 in total that is being considered as the cumulative amount that the friends paid is incorrect. Let’s break it down:**<\/p>\n

1. Each friend originally paid $10, which adds up to $30 for the entire bill.
\n2. After the friends receive $5 as change, the amount spent drops to $25.
\n3. Out of these $25, $2 were left as a tip, leaving the actual amount paid as $23.
\n4. Splitting this equally among the friends means each person contributes $7.67 (rounded to the nearest cent) towards the bill.<\/p>\n

Therefore, there is no missing dollar to account for because the total amount paid by the friends was $23, not $27. The misconception arises when trying to add up the individual amounts they contributed and including the tip. The friends did not spend $27 in total, making the search for the missing dollar irrelevant.<\/p>\n

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