The Miss­ing Dol­lar Bill

An intro­duc­tory pre­sen­ta­tion for the Fred Kaps $11 Bill Trick: First tell the old story about the restau­rant and the 3 guests. The bill for the 3 cus­to­mers is $30. Each pays $10. Later, in the kit­chen, the owner explains that the bill is actually only $25 and not $30. A mistake has been made. So the chef gives the wai­ter 5 $1 bills to give back to the guests.

But the wai­ter is disho­nest and puts 2 $1 bills in his pocket. He gives $1 back to each guest. So each diner has really only paid $9. That makes $27. Plus the two dol­lars the wai­ter stole = $29. WHERE is the one dol­lar? Has it disappeared?

Then per­form the Fred Kaps $11 Bill Trick as descri­bed in the ori­gi­nal manu­script by Anthony Brahams.