Three friends rent a room for Rs.30 by paying Rs.10 each. The owner decides to give them a discount Rs.5 and gives it to the broker. The broker who a cunning man takes Rs.2. and returns one rupee to each of them. So the sum paid by each person would be Rs.9 which adds upto Rs.27 and the broker took Rs.2 ,so the total is Rs.29 where did that Re.1 go?

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The missing rupee is not actually missing. The calculation is misleading and does not account for the total amount paid.

The initial amount paid by each person was Rs.10, totaling Rs.30.
The owner gave them a discount of Rs.5, so they paid Rs.25 in total.
The broker took Rs.2, leaving them with Rs.23.
When the broker returned Rs.1 to each person, they each received Rs.1 back, totaling Rs.3.
So, the total amount paid by the three friends is Rs.25 + Rs.3 = Rs.28.
The remaining Rs.2 is with the broker, not Rs.1. The calculation of Rs.27 + Rs.2 is incorrect and misleading.

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