Consider the following story:
Three men walk into a hotel and ask to share a room. The cost is going to be $270 for
the night. Each man puts in a $100 bill and they get 3 $10 bills in change. The bell boy
carries their luggage and they each decide to be generous and tip the bell boy their change.
The front desk realizes they miss-charged the men, so the bell boy takes a $20 bill change to
the room. The men realize that you can’t split the $20 bill evenly 3 ways so they add it onto
the tip. The bell boy is happy but then thinks to himself: ”If the room is $270 and they had
this extra $20 that’s only $290, where did the other $10 go?”
Explain what is wrong with the Bell Boy’s thoughts, and what is the correct math here.