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The Missing Dollar Riddle: Three friends check into a hotel room that costs $30. They split the cost equally, paying $10 each. Later, the hotel clerk realizes the room was only $25, so he sends the bellboy with $5 to return to the men. Unable to split the $5 evenly, each man receives $1 back, and the bellboy keeps the remaining $2 as a tip. Now, each man has paid $9, totaling $27, and the bellboy has $2, making $29. Where is the missing dollar?

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