Help me with this mind fire k

jimbob5 · Apr 2, 2015

3 peeps out for a meal. Initially waiter tells them the total bill is £30. They give him £10 each. The waiter realises the bill is wrong and should only be £25. He takes five pound coins from the till. He gives them back one quid each and they let him keep £2 as a tip.

The 3 customers have therefore paid £9 each which is £27 total and the waiter has kept £2. What has happened to the other pound? At the time of writing I genuinely don't know the answer! HELP

Everest · Apr 2, 2015

Barber's got it

Tom Hark Preston Park · Apr 2, 2015

#blameStockdale

Titanic · Apr 2, 2015

The bill is £25, the tip is £2... that is £27.They have paid £9 each. Where is the problem?

Superseagull69 · Apr 2, 2015

If JFC was one of the peeps, then surely its got to be his fault, As he is responsible for any loss when involved. :moo:

Prince Monolulu · Apr 2, 2015

It is the perspective of where the money goes causing your confusion, whilst they pay £9 each, the restaurant only gets £8.33 each of that. Blame the waiter.

Nah sod it, blame Stockdale.

WhingForPresident · Apr 2, 2015

There is no other pound, £25 bill + £2 tip = £27- £9 each. It's the way it's put that makes it seem more complicated than it is.

jimbob5 · Apr 2, 2015

Titanic said:
The bill is £25, the tip is £2... that is £27.They have paid £9 each. Where is the problem?

The problem is they gave him £10 each which adds up to £30, got £1 back which means they paid £27, the waiter kept £2 and that only adds up to £29.

jimbob5 · Apr 2, 2015

WhingForPresident said:
There is no other pound, £25 bill + £2 tip = £27- £9 each. It's the way it's put that makes it seem more complicated than it is.

No other pound? They initially gave him £30!

Eeyore · Apr 2, 2015

jimbob5 said:
The problem is they gave him £10 each which adds up to £30, got £1 back which means they paid £27, the waiter kept £2 and that only adds up to £29.

No, they got £5 back. Making it £25. They then gave him a £2 tip. That works out at an equivalent of £9 each (including tip).

knocky1 · Apr 2, 2015

3x10=30

(3x9)-2=25

The difference between the 2 calculations is 5. You are trying to equate the first sum with the second. The bill was not £30.

Tom Hark Preston Park · Apr 2, 2015

jimbob5 said:
No other pound? They initially gave him £30!

Say the till was initially empty. Customers gave waiter £30 that got put in the till. Waiter then takes £5 back out of the till. so the till's got £25, and the £5 taken back out gets split between the customers (£3) and the waiter (£2). Simples!

Bold Seagull · Apr 2, 2015

jimbob5 said:
The problem is they gave him £10 each which adds up to £30, got £1 back which means they paid £27, the waiter kept £2 and that only adds up to £29.

Adding the £2 is irrelevant because it is included in the £27. It is the £3 each person kept that adds back up to £30.

I hope I'm not splitting a bill with you anytime soon! :lolol:

WhingForPresident · Apr 2, 2015

jimbob5 said:
No other pound? They initially gave him £30!

Yeah I ballsed that. Let me try again.

So they pay £30, bill is £25, each of them get £1 each back, equalling £28, £28 divided by three = £9.33 recurring, which only comes to £27.99 as you can't get a 0.3 recurring of a penny (obviously), then the waiter keeps the other £2 = £29.99.

So including the £1 they get back, they pay £8.33 each and the waiter has done the restaurant. I think..

jimbob5 · Apr 2, 2015

Brighton Lines said:
No, they got £5 back. Making it £25. They then gave him a £2 tip. That works out at an equivalent of £9 each (including tip).

NO! It's £9 each PLUS the £2 tip. That adds up to £29! They initially gave him £30!

Prince Monolulu · Apr 2, 2015

jimbob5 said:
NO! It's £9 each PLUS the £2 tip. That adds up to £29! They initially gave him £30!

But you said the restaurant got £25, that's £8.33 each.

jimbob5 · Apr 2, 2015

WhingForPresident said:
Yeah I ballsed that. Let me try again.

So they pay £30, bill is £25, each of them get £1 each back, equalling £28, £28 divided by three = £9.33 recurring, which only comes to £27.99 as you can't get a 0.3 recurring of a penny (obviously), then the waiter keeps the other £2 = £29.99.

So they pay £9.33 each and the waiter has done the restaurant. I think..

£30 minus £3 is £27 not £28.28p

Phat Baz 68 · Apr 2, 2015

Tony bought a new squad ready for next season !! :thumbsup:

Prince Monolulu · Apr 2, 2015

Did they get a receipt, like all good MPs would have done?

Goldstone1976 · Apr 2, 2015

This reminds me of when my youngest was learning to count to 10. She would constantly forget 8, so her mum &/or I would say "what about 8?" after she said "9".

She got it right eventually though: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, what about 8, 10".

It was too funny to correct, so I let it be. She starts med school this year; I'm sure that everything will be just fine. *Nods*

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