Taxing your Monetary Skills:

Three men were on a business trip and had to stay in a hotel 
over night. The price of the room was $30.00, so the men 
decided to split one room, three ways.  Each one paid $10.00.  
Well after they paid, the manager realized that he overcharged 
them on their room.  The room only cost $25.00, so he gave the 
bellboy five one dollar bills to give to the three men.  On his 
way up to the room the bell boy was trying to think of a way to 
split $5.00 three ways. After thinking about it awhile, he decided 
to keep $2.00 for himself and give each man $1.00 back.  Now, if 
each man (who paid $10)  gets $1 back that means they each paid 
$9.00 ($10 - $1 = $9 ).  $9.00 multiplied by 3 (because there are 
three men) equals $27.00 plus the $2.00  the bell boy kept equals
$29.00! What happened to the missing dollar????? 
(communicated by Bob Fischer)



HINT: The answer is not federal, state, or local taxes.