Manbuna, That was a nice joke. Now let try to locate the missing dollar. I think the missing dollar is behind the multiplication process or the assumption of the three boys that each of them had actually paid $9. If we therefore clear the assumption, we shall see that the sum total paid by the three boys was actually $25 + $2 stolen by the messenger +$3 assuming returned to the three boys = $30. The missing dollar, therefore, was not at all stolen but was hidden behind the multiplication process or, like Isaid before, in the assumption that eadh of them had paid $9. Thanks and please let me know if I am right. Falankoi Janneh (from Gunjur) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------