Cuisiart Brumator?

[drache]

thank you, Stefan
why are you adding the $2 to the $27, Steve?
they need to be subtracted, because they're not in addition to what the three men paid - they're simply what they didn't get - They paid $27 instead of the $25 - he pocketed the difference
the $30 you keep referring to - well, let's take it from there: $30 minus the three the men got leaves $27, right? then minus $2 (for the clerk) makes it $25
I'll never make a good teacher; I have the impulse to shake someone

[infernalis]

See like I said the first time, I just eliminated the story and used the numbers alone. (pretty much what you two are doing)

I like brain teasers

[Stefan-A]

why are you adding the $2 to the $27, Steve?

He's not adding it, that's how the story goes.

But either I'm confused here, or the solution has been explained wrong to him.

[drache]

He's not adding it, that's how the story goes.

the story is a con

[Stefan-A]

the story is a con

It is. That's the whole point of it. The reasoning is supposed to seem solid, even though you know there has to be a flaw.