Essentially, the two dollars that was stolen was a tip. Which ended up with all three women essentially paying $27 for the meal, even though it was a $25 meal.
Since there were 3 women at the table, and only a two dollar “tip” was given, two women paid more than the other one. Which means that one whole number cannot be multiplied by a whole number in order to reach the actual amount of money spent accurately. The bill was $25, each woman in the end paid approximately $8.34 to pay the bill while only two of the ladies “tipped” the waiter one dollar each, and then three dollars was split evenly in between the three diners.
25/3= 8.33333… (division of equal pay for final bill)
8.34*3=25.02 (equal bill set and paid)
25.02+2=27.02 (equal bill paid + $2 “tip”)
27.02+3=30.02 (Bill and tip + change back)
(The extra two cents appear due to the fact that 8.34 is the rounded figure of 25/3 which is 8.333 (repeating))
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