Tuner puzzle (Non technical)

[John Freeman]

PDtek@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Three tuners check in to the Holiday Inn for the convention and are told that
> the room is $30. Each tuner gives the clerk $10 and they go up to their room.
> Soon the clerk realizes that the room is really $25 and has the bell hop take
> $5 back to the tuners. On his way up to the room, he figures that since the
> tuners won't be able to split the $5 evenly, he will keep $2 and give the
> tuners back $3, which he does.
> 
> So, the tuners each get back $1, meaning that they each paid $9 for the room.
> $9 times 3 tuners is $27, add the $2 that the bell hop kept, comes to $29.
> Where is the other $1 ??
> 
> Dave Bunch
Each really had $1.66 2/3  back x 3 totaling $5.00
Instead they got $1.00 totaling $3.00
3 times the difference of $ .66 2/3 equalls $2.00 totalling $5.00