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Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is \$15. They each contribute \$5. The waiter takes the money to the chef who recognizes the three as friends and asks the waiter to return \$5 to the men. The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the \$5 between the three he simply gives them \$1 each and pockets the remaining \$2 for himself. Now, each of the men effectively paid \$4, the total paid is therefore \$12. Add the \$2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to \$14.....where has the other \$1 gone from the original \$15?

A frog is at the bottom of a 30 meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3 meter leap up the well. Exhausted, he then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards. How many days does it take him to escape from the well? Note: Assume after the first leap that his hind legs are exactly three meters up the well. His hind legs must clear the well for him to escape.