Re: Help - does anyone know the answer
It is best to work this out in fractions.
The men paid £30 between them or £10 each.
As the room was only £25 it should have been 25/3 = 8 and one third pounds each.
Each man therefore paid 1 and two thirds pounds too much
They were then given £1 each so they still paid two thirds pounds too much.
Two thirds pounds multiplied by three is 6 thirds pounds or £2 which the bellboy kept.
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