This Kills Me

[foof]

Click on the link - give it a try:



The Flash Mind Reader ( http://www.cyberglass.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf)

I've freaked out quite a few people with this one. Some have come up with some pretty funky explanations as to how it works. Some still don't understand.

[NikkiD]

Tried it three times and it was wrong three times... the fourth time it was correct though.

EDIT: damn this hangover... it was just me... :">

[Rat Faced]

Its wrong....

[smellycat]

It's an easy puzzle. I know how it works. :geek:

[foof]

It's an easy puzzle. I know how it works

Don't explain just yet!

[dwightfry]

Here is the answer, don't highlight the text if you don't want to know it.

If it didn't work you added, or subtracted wrong. I figuared out how it works


When ever you add the 2 digits together and subtract that sum, you end up with a multiple of 9. So, if you look at there graph of symbols, all multiples of 9 have the same symbol. Also, the symbols change each time, that is why the answer is different each time.


EX.

Counting by 9
9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63,72,81...etc



11: 1 + 1 = 2, 11 - 2 = 9
32: 3 + 2 = 5, 32 - 5 = 27
59: 5 + 9 = 14, 59 - 14 = 45


I hope I didn't ruin this for anyone

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by Rat Faced@2 March 2003 - 18:58
Its wrong....
this cannot be wrong. it always deliver the right symbol !!!!

if you want an explanation PM me.

theory of numbers was one of my lessons at university :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

EDIT: sorry about my poor english :(

[foof]

Dwightfry did a bang up job in explaining how it works - but thats cheating!

[DataMore]

Yeah, this thing is always right.
It ain't that spectacular because it restricts your choice to 2 digit numbers only.

Now, if there is one of these that doesn't impose any restrictions on number choice, then I'll be stunned. :o

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by DataMore@2 March 2003 - 19:46
Yeah, this thing is always right.
It ain't that spectacular because it restricts your choice to 2 digit numbers only.

Now, if there is one of these that doesn't impose any restrictions on number choice, then I'll be stunned. :o
it works with three digit numbers too. but then you had to make a list from 0 to 972 (min) :rolleyes:
and of course it works with all natural numbers - only the symbol list becomes bigger :lol: :lol:

princip is still the same.

cu

[DataMore]

Yeah, but you can't make it work with a 1 digit number. :D

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by DataMore@2 March 2003 - 20:03
Yeah, but you can't make it work with a 1 digit number. :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

that is right :lol: :lol: :lol:

i didn't recognize that, because my email notifier was over the ZERO in the list, so i didn't see that there is a "WRONG" symbol.

so they had to fix this :lol: :lol: :lol:

cu

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by NikkiD@2 March 2003 - 18:51
Tried it three times and it was wrong three times... the fourth time it was correct though.

EDIT: damn this hangover... it was just me... :">
don't worry ... everything is alright

:beerchug:

[Curley]

:unsure: I'm stumped :unsure:

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by Curley@2 March 2003 - 21:46
:unsure: I'm stumped :unsure:
what does that mean "stumped" ???

[Curley]

Means its confused me, i'm stumped as to how its done lol

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by Curley@2 March 2003 - 22:01
Means its confused me, i'm stumped as to how its done lol
did you not read what dwightfry wrote? :rolleyes:

but if you like, i will give you a mathematical proof of it. and i am sure, then it becomes clear :rolleyes:

cu

[smellycat]

I only knew the solution because I had seen the puzzle last week . :lol:

http://galleries.vinyamar.com/ps/show.php?id=NzyIQoOP6zjI9TFSNId8aEakk&ext=.gif

[Curley]

Originally posted by uncle_cracker+2 March 2003 - 21:16--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (uncle_cracker @ 2 March 2003 - 21:16)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Curley@2 March 2003 - 22:01
Means its confused me, i&#39;m stumped as to how its done lol
did you not read what dwightfry wrote? :rolleyes:

but if you like, i will give you a mathematical proof of it. and i am sure, then it becomes clear :rolleyes:

cu [/b][/quote]
That&#39;ll teach me not to read things properly :wacko:

[imported_uncle_cracker]

ok .... i think it&#39;s time now: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

let x,y element of {0,1,2,...,9}
then 10x + y is any one or two digit number.

and now we make the calculation they want:

10x + y - (x+y) = 9x ;)

the symbol list failed for x=0 (exept of the :-), cause the symbol for 0 is not changing with the symbols for 9,18,...,81.
so they had to integrate the symbol for 0 to let it work for one digit numbers too :)

now you are able to proof, that this works for ANY natural number :D :D :D




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[Chilly]

That was coooooooool :lol: :lol:

Freaked me out badly :lol: :lol: