re: Math weirdness: Infinite gold is not enough

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And $27 + $2 = $29 so, if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?

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There is no reason to add $2 to $27. They have in fact now paid $27 TOTAL to both the hotel and the bellhop. His $2 came from that 27, 25 went to the hotel and 2 to him. Why would you add it again? The original 30 is down to $27 because you gave the 3 guests 1 dollar each. That $27 is up from the actual bill of $25 because the bellhop pocketed $2. That's all that has happened. There is no sum of 29