Try to figure this out

[chester1234]

Can anyone figure this (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/430074/amazing_strange_and_unbelievable_can_you_figure_this_out/) out?

It took me a while

[wickedbob]

I am good at math so I did all the work in my head and got the answer fast. It was eazy for me that was cool though I guess it could be hard in some way the first thought I had was the right answer.:)

[saskatchewanian]

yay aparently im brighter than 97% of the population, so why were my marks in highschool so low?

[Borgschulze]

yay aparently im brighter than 97% of the population, so why were my marks in highschool so low?
Same here.

[Tomahawk]

easy

[Chris.James]

i looked at the answer and realized that i am in fact an idiot.

i just have problems looking at problems from more than one facet. Thinking outside the box per se

[thejdw]

dam the answer site isent working for me :(
but I still can't work out how an extra dollar should be needed :confused:

[chester1234]

I knew right away that there was no dollar missing, I just took a few minutes to figure out how they word it to trick you into thinking there is

[thejdw]

Well each man paied $8.333333333333333333333

[Just Jake]

i got it before he took the time to tell me there was a dollar missing.

i personally would've called the manager because a tip is supposed to be voluntary "TO INSURE PROMPT SERVICE" the bellhop ripped them off. theyre not missing one dollar. the bell hop stole 2 from you you idiots.

[tunkie]

wow that was easy i got that question a couple years ago in math class

[kington99]

Finally worked it out, it's the decption of the question rather than any compicated maths that makes it tricky.

[thejdw]

Finally worked it out, it's the decption of the question rather than any compicated maths that makes it tricky.
Yeah they lie!
Each man paied $8.33333333333- not $9 :mad:

[kington99]

No that's not it, each man pays $10 then recieves $1 back, so pays $9 dollars. The question forces you to draw a false conclusion, which is what makes it confusing.

[gkmac]

Of course, the mystery still remains. Why did the member of staff on duty overcharge the men $5 in the first place? If he did his job properly we wouldn't have any of this mess.

Besides, the narrator says "this is one of the most amazing things you'll ever see", yet nothing special happens in the pictures to the soundtrack. He claims "it's real", yet I highly suspect it's a made up story and it didn't really happen.I just took a few minutes to figure out how they word it to trick you into thinking there is....so when the narrator says there's "no trick and no catch", he's telling a blatant lie as well.

[kington99]

Why did the member of staff on duty overcharge the men $5 in the first place? If he did his job properly we wouldn't have any of this mess.


Yes but he would also have been out the $2 he pocketed during the ensuing confusion.

And yes, i think the 'no trick no catch' line is a lie, the phrasing of the question is designed to trick you in to assuming something which is not true.