01-26-2006, 04:29 AM
Ok, I'll try one more time.
The original total cost was 30 dollars.
The manager gave back 5 dollars.
The new total cost was intended to be 25 dollars. He gave back 5 dollars, so 30-5 = 25. He wanted his friends to pay a total of 25 dollars
The bouncer kept 2 dollars, so that's 2 dollars that the friends didn't get.
So instead of subtracting 5 from their total cost, we can only subtract 3 from their total cost, making it 27 dollars.
Had the bouncer not kept the 2 dollars, they would have only paid 25 dollars.
There is no missing dollar.
The original total cost was 30 dollars.
The manager gave back 5 dollars.
The new total cost was intended to be 25 dollars. He gave back 5 dollars, so 30-5 = 25. He wanted his friends to pay a total of 25 dollars
The bouncer kept 2 dollars, so that's 2 dollars that the friends didn't get.
So instead of subtracting 5 from their total cost, we can only subtract 3 from their total cost, making it 27 dollars.
Had the bouncer not kept the 2 dollars, they would have only paid 25 dollars.
There is no missing dollar.