Three guys walk into a hotel...?

Three guys walk into a hotel, and they're going to split the cost of a room. The room is $30. They each kick in $10 and head up to their room. The manager gets wind of it and tells the clerk the room is only $25. He hands five $1 bills to the bell hop and tells him to go refund the guys' money. On the way up to the room, the bell hop gets to thinking, as bell hops are wont to do, and says to himself, "No way can three guys split $5, I'm going to help out." He stuffs $2 in his pocket, knocks on the door, gives each guy back a buck and heads back downstairs to the desk, glowing in the warmth of a job well done. So now each guy has paid $9. $9 times 3 is $27 plus the two the bell hop stole--only $29! Where is the other buck?

my dad used to do that little riddle. its all in how its phrased....

if you look at it the other way around, the guys paid $25, the bellhop has $2, and the guys got $3 dollars back.

so, 25+2+3 = 30. the real trick is that people try to make it add to 30, but since they got money back, it shouldnt add to thirty.

The two dollars kept is part of the nine each paid.
Trick question. I will answer it with a question. How many fingers do you have? The answer is 11. I can prove it. Count backwards on the left hand . Ready? 10-9-8-7-6 And the 5 on your right hand make 11. Which only proves that figures don't lie but liars will figure. Thats how they do math in Washington.
The 3 guys only paid $27. Hotel took $25. Bell Hop took $2. So, $25 + $2 = $27.
Because at $25.00 per room the men should have paid only $8.33 each.
my brain hurts
i ve worked over the indian model of this question .... god knows where the hell has the single dollar gone.......................