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OpenStudy (jadeishere):

13 people came into a hotel with 12 rooms and each guest wanted his own room. The bellboy solved this problem. He asked the thirteenth guest to wait a little with the first guest in room number 1. So in the first room there were two people. The bellboy took the third guest to room number 2, the fourth to number 3, ..., and the twelfth guest to room number 11. Then he returned to room number 1 and took the thirteenth guest to room number 12, still vacant. How can everybody have his own room?

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

This one's simple, c'mon

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Someone leaves :3

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

Not quite, but similar

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or, the first person died haha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The bellboy is the 13nth person?

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

Nope

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hmmm. I don't do riddles but someone lives in the lobby?

OpenStudy (ghostedly):

xD

OpenStudy (ghostedly):

Someone lives in the bathroom.

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

Oh my word guys, it's so easy!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OH one of them is a girl!

OpenStudy (xxmuslimxx):

It is impossible.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Of course, it is impossible. Into the second room should have gone the 2nd guest, because the 13th guest was waiting in room number 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The people brought 12 rooms with them?

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

the 1st and 13th guest in room 1 the 3rd guest in room 2 the 4th guest in room 3 5th guest in room 4 6th guest in room 5 7th guest in room 6 8th guest in room 7 9th guest in room 8 10th guest in room 9 11th guest in room 10 12th guest in room 11 then the thirteenth guest moved to room 12 Are we missing anything?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2nd guest

OpenStudy (jadeishere):

Exactly Bella and Nick

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