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Old 05-03-2009, 08:18 AM   #2992
Nate the great
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
I had lunch with a couple of colleagues.
The bill came to £25, so we each gave the waitress £10, a total of £30.
As the £5 change couldn't be tidily divided between us, we asked for £1 each in change and told the waitress to keep the odd £2 as a tip.

We ended up paying £27 each for meal ((3 x £10) - (3 x £1 in change)) + £2 tip = £29 in total.

Never did figure out where the missing £1 went from the original £30.



(It's an old riddle, but still good for the odd argument.)
Why did you add the £2 tip? It was already defined by negation. You had the £30, and took away the change.
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