NEW HOTEL ROOM PARADOX
A group of seven weary men once arrived at a small hotel
and asked for accommodations for the night, specifying that
they wanted separate rooms. The manager admitted that he
had only six rooms left, but thought he might be able to put
up his guests as they desired.
HOW DID HE DID IT?
ANSWER
He took the first man to the
first room and asked one of the other men to stay there for a
few minutes. He then took the third man to the second room,
the fourth man to the third room, the fifth man to the fourth
room, and the sixth man to the fifth room. Then he returned
to the first room, got the seventh man, and showed him to the
sixth room. Everyone was thus nicely taken care of. Or was
he?