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Stephie · 22-25, F

3 guys order a family size pizza and each one pays $10. Therefore, the total for the pizza is $30.

The waiter realizes that he overcharged them knowing that the pizza costs $25. He takes $5 out of the cash register, keeps $2 in his own pocket and returns $1 to
each of the 3 guys.

Now, knowing that each of the 3 guys effectively paid each $9 for their share of the pizza and that the waiter kept $2 in his pocket, where did the remaining $1 disappear.

The math is 3 x $9 = $27 (effective payment by the 3 customers) + the $2 the waiter put in his pocket when he returned the overcharge amount

Therefore $27 paid + $2 in the pocket = $29. However, the original amount paid was $30. What happened to the last $1?

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Stephie · 22-25, F

@sstronaut of course, anyone can help poor Ashleigh 🤨

Turtlepower · 36-40, M

They each paid $10 when they should've each paid 8 and a third. By getting $1 back, they each essentially overpaid by 2/3 x 3 which equals only 2 which is what the thief took :). Aka the missing dollar is the cost of the pizza.

Stephie · 22-25, F

@Turtlepower This is a very famous riddle that is to be found everywhere on the internet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_dollar_riddle

Shaveit · 61-69, M

This is Democrat math. This is why they’ve made such a mess of the country.
The cost of the pizza was $25 plus the two dollars the Democrat waiter stole yielding a pizza cost of $27 which is the amount that the three together paid at nine each. There’s nothing lost. It’s just misrepresented.