3 Boys go camping, each camper brings 10 dollars, (3 Xs 10 =30) when they get there.. they each pay the manager 10 dollars, the manager takes out 5, gives 2 dollars of that 5 to his son, and divides the remaining 3 amongst the campers returning a dollar to each of them.. In reality, EACH campers paid 9 of the 10 dollars to manager...
3 Xs 9 = 27 + 2 Dollars from Kid = 29.... Wheres the Missing Dollar?
There is no missing dollar. The missing "dollar" is really the total sum of the 3dollars payed back to the boys, each boy gets one dollar, therefore each payed 9 because they each got one back.
I know my apprehensions might never be allayed. And so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written...