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Originally posted by srjjs
It didn't go anywhere. The hotel has 25 dollars, the bellhop has 2, and each of the 3 friends has 1. Your phrasing is just a little off.
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Not much wrong with the phrasing (grammer, yes
). It's designed to be deceptive. It's one of those puzzles that you either get immediately (wondering what the fuss is all about), or spend the next couple of hours wondering if you need non-Euclidean geometry to solve it.
This problem and many others can be found on a great web site devoted to "hardcore tech-interview style riddles":
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/intro.shtml
-Kevin