fenn Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Very clever, but there is a very simple reason why this works and someone will be along in a minute to tell you what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soreshoulder Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 what za hell, how does that work :blink: :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg31 Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 cant even trick it how the hell does that work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clum84 Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 all two digit numbers from 10 to 99 have the peculiar mathematical property that when you add any of the two digits that form them, and substract the result from the original number, you will always end with a multiple of 9. As an example, let's take the number 35 , add 3+5=8, then substract 8 from 35, 35-8=27, which is 9x3. If you take, say, 57: 5+7=12, then 57-12=45, which is 9x5. In general, for all two digit numbers from 10 to 99 you will get 9, 18, 27, 36 and so on , until 81 (for numbers 90 to 99). The next thing they do is to assign the same symbol to those multiples of 9 , and mix them with other symbols assigned to the remaining numbers in order to disguise the trick. The effect is completed by changing the symbol they assign to these multiples of 9 in every new frame, every time you choose a new two digit number . Therefore, no matter what number you choose, they will always come with the right symbol (the one which is assigned to the multiples of nine in that particular frame), seeming to magically guess your thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Ahh got you, now that is clever :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Mmmmm 35 doesn't seem to work. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu S Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) I Just beat it. EDIT: But that was through very very bad maths! Stu Edited February 2, 2008 by stuart smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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