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Old 03-24-2002, 02:08 PM   #6368
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the reason it works out like that is because each person only paid 9 dollars.. out of that nine dollars they payed .. 8 1/3 dollars for dinner and 2/3 of a dollar was stolen from each person.. thus equaling 9 dollars total..

8 1/3 (for dinner) x 3 (people) = 25 dollars

25 dollars + 2 dollars stolen = 27 dollars

they only paid 27 dollars because they got the three dollars back... which would make it = 30 dollars

ok that sounds kind of confusing...

hmmm...


so each person pays 9 dollars.. and they get 1 dollar back and that = 10 dollars each.. and 3 x 10 = 30

the amount stolen by the waiter is included in the 9 dollars they pay... get it?
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