Posted on 06/23/2006 10:03:14 AM PDT by Bob J
You may have to do it in Mozilla, it wouldn't load right in IE for me. Also, you have to do the substraction. I tried several times just picking a number and it didn't work...more weird.
Your answer will always be a multiple of 9. And all the multiples of 9 have the same symbol.
hmmmm .... freaky
Not all the symbols are the same for multiples of 9. I did it 3 times and it got it right each time..........
Here's the trick:
They change the symbols each time you play, so that it appears you get a different symbol each time.
Ahh, I see. The trick is they change the symbols each time you do it so it looks like you're getting a different result. Thanks.
They are the same. They just change the symbols that go with multiples of 9 each time so that you won't keep getting the same symbol for the answer. Next time you play it look at the multiples of 9 and you'll see each of them have the same symbol.
Okay, I see it now! Thanx!..........Like the old card trick a few months back..............
Yes, I see it changes everytime you play the game. That's why even when I mis-subtracted my numbers it still got it right.....
The other thing that your missing is that everytime that you do this, the symbol for all possible choices under this formula changes. There is a random generator. So if you look at the screen, notice that your symbol is the same as others. If you do it again, your symbol will be different, but it will still be the exact same of all the other possible choices.
Yea Yea. The only reason I figured that out was because my brother and I did it at the same time.
This is a great example for the kids:
- Your "random number" is T*10 + D (T = tens digit, D = ones digit)
- The sum of the digits is (T+D)
- Subtract the sum from the original number: T*10 + D - (T+D) = T*10 - T
- T*10 - T = 9*T, which is always a multiple of 9 as written in post 2
By using unfamiliar symbols (at least to the English-speaking world), they make the change of symbols and the repetition of the 'multiples-of-9' symbols more difficult to recognize.
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Sorry, but it is aways a multiple of 9, and they are the same symbol.
10 1 0 9
11 1 1 9
12 1 2 9
13 1 3 9
14 1 4 9
15 1 5 9
16 1 6 9
17 1 7 9
18 1 8 9
19 1 9 9
20 2 0 18
21 2 1 18
22 2 2 18
23 2 3 18
24 2 4 18
25 2 5 18
26 2 6 18
27 2 7 18
28 2 8 18
29 2 9 18
30 3 0 27
31 3 1 27
32 3 2 27
33 3 3 27
34 3 4 27
35 3 5 27
36 3 6 27
37 3 7 27
38 3 8 27
39 3 9 27
40 4 0 36
41 4 1 36
42 4 2 36
43 4 3 36
44 4 4 36
45 4 5 36
46 4 6 36
47 4 7 36
48 4 8 36
49 4 9 36
50 5 0 45
51 5 1 45
52 5 2 45
53 5 3 45
54 5 4 45
55 5 5 45
56 5 6 45
57 5 7 45
58 5 8 45
59 5 9 45
60 6 0 54
61 6 1 54
62 6 2 54
63 6 3 54
64 6 4 54
65 6 5 54
66 6 6 54
67 6 7 54
68 6 8 54
69 6 9 54
70 7 0 63
71 7 1 63
72 7 2 63
73 7 3 63
74 7 4 63
75 7 5 63
76 7 6 63
77 7 7 63
78 7 8 63
79 7 9 63
80 8 0 72
81 8 1 72
82 8 2 72
83 8 3 72
84 8 4 72
85 8 5 72
86 8 6 72
87 8 7 72
88 8 8 72
89 8 9 72
90 9 0 81
91 9 1 81
92 9 2 81
93 9 3 81
94 9 4 81
95 9 5 81
96 9 6 81
97 9 7 81
98 9 8 81
99 9 9 81
PS... the symbol changes on each run to throw you off.
Yes, I have been told..........
DIdn't get the right symbol for me....but then again...I suck at math.
It's trivially simple. The three times I did it, your choice of original numbers were {23, 46, 84}, which map to symbols number: {18, 36, 72}. On any one trial, the symbols associated with numbers {18, 36 and 72} were identical. While the symbols varied on each run, the symbol associated with these numbers was identical on each run.
It wouldn't matter if they changed the numbers on each run, so long as the mapping of "result", to symbol was the same for all the choices they offered on any one run.
It adds an air of mystery to have the three "results" be unique, but the mapping of result to symbol is clearly not unique.
Heheh...pick up any decent wines lately?
Every day.
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