Lateral thinking puzzle #3

[Jim]

Three travelers register at a hotel and are told that their rooms will cost $10 each so they pay $30. Later the clerk realizes that he made a mistake and should have only charged them $25. He gives a bellboy $5 to return to them but the bellboy is dishonest and gives them each only $1, keeping $2 for himself. So the men actually spent $27 and the bellboy kept $2. What happened to the other dollar of the original $30?
Try and win, you wont.

[SirBlayzalot]

There is no missing dollar. The men spent $27. Of which $25 went on the room and $2 went to the light fingered bell boy. You can not add the $2 the bellboy has to the $27 the men spent as this $2 actually comes out of the $27 the men spent, the other $25 going on the room.

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[Jim]

There is no missing dollar. The men spent $27. Of which $25 went on the room and $2 went to the light fingered bell boy. You can not add the $2 the bellboy has to the $27 the men spent as this $2 actually comes out of the $27 the men spent, the other $25 going on the room.

EZ PZ NEXT

Reported for hacks!
also ur missing part, there was $30 not 27 all together

[SirBlayzalot]

dood y u get so owned?... try my puzzle ;)

[Fatalis]

EZ, its not 27 and 2, its 28 and 2, because the bell boy gives each 1, and 25 + 1x3 is 28, not 27 :)

[Duzero]

30 = 25 + (3x1) + 2

Nothing is missing, I don't get why this is even a riddle.

[Glip]

30 = 25 + (3x1) + 2

Nothing is missing, I don't get why this is even a riddle.

It's supposed to be confusing in the wording.

Three men each spend $10 dollars on the room, totaling $30.

The bellboy takes $5 gives the three men each $1 back, keeping $2 for himself.

Now each man has spent only $9 on the room, totaling $27, plus the $2 the bellboy kept makes $29 of the original $30.

Where did the missing dollar go?

Blayz got it right with his first post. The puzzle misleads you to try to add the $2 to the $27 dollars spent by the men to try and get the $30 originally spent, but that is just wrong, as the $2 kept by the bellboy is included in the $27 spent by the men. It should thus actually be subtracted from the $27 to get the $25 spent on the room by the men, with the last $2 being stolen by the bellboy. The "$30 originally spent" doesn't matter anymore, as $30 weren't spent, $27 were.