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Tricky Yet Fun Math Questions With Solutions These problems challenge your problem-solving skills, logical reasoning, and ability to think outside the box. The Missing Dollar Puzzle Problem : Three friends check into a hotel room that costs $30. They each contribute $10. Later, the hotel manager realizes the room was only supposed to cost $25, so she gives $5 to the bellboy to return to the friends. The bellboy, however, decides to keep $2 as a tip and gives $1 back to each friend. Each friend has paid $9, and 3 × 9 = $27. The bellboy has $2, so $27 + $2 = $29. What happened to the missing dollar? Solution : The confusion arises from the way the problem is framed. The friends paid $27 in total. Of that $27, $25 went to the hotel for the room, and the remaining $2 was kept by the bellboy as a tip. There is no missing dollar; it's simply a misdirection caused by adding the tip to the total amount paid. The Bridges of Konigsberg Problem : Seven bridges connect different parts of the...
