speaking of riddles this one makes me Crazy

[crazypony]

nothing to do with the big contest but someone just riddled me this and i'm stumped.
pretty sure ive heard it before but....

Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30. The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged. She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three men one dollar. The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the other dollar?

Craz

[Allstar7]

the other dollar was in cents

25/3 = $8.33

[k3nt]

http://livepokerforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12155

[WildBillHickok]

....if you didn't understand that...3x9 = 27, but you must SUBSTRACT the 2 to get the 25 paid, NOT ADD to get 29...that's the error and misdirection.

[Allstar7]

[crazypony]

[k3nt]