I'm an idiot, someone tell me how this works....

[djj6835]

I'm completley baffled.

I've tried it 8 times now and it has never been wrong.
Shaman (http://www.ellusionist.com/magic_tricks_online/Magic_Tricks_theShaman.htm)

[Shajen]

9 is key.

[kgrad5]

notice how 9,18,27,36,45,54,63,72,81,90 are all the same symbols.. and how everytime you do it you choose one of those?

[Sightless]

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I'm completley baffled.

I've tried it 8 times now and it has never been wrong.
Shaman (http://www.ellusionist.com/magic_tricks_online/Magic_Tricks_theShaman.htm)

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which one? in teh first one the symbols switch

the second one is too confusing

[djj6835]

nm ic now

[djj6835]

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notice how 9,18,27,36,45,54,63,72,81,90 are all the same symbols.. and how everytime you do it you choose one of those?


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yeah i didnt notice that the symbols were switching around...
told you i was an idiot

[ihardlyknowher]

Your number is 10x+y, where x and y are integers (i.e. x and y are the two digits).

10x+y-(x+y)=9x (where x is an integer).

So the final number is a multiple of 9.

All multiples of 9 have the same symbol.

[jason_t]

In experiment #1, even though the chart changes from each instantiation of the experiment, it is set up to always produce the same answer. I could predict the symbol you ended up with too. The key mathematically is that if a_0a_1 is an integer between 0 and 99 then a_0a_1 - (a_0 + a_1) has a very small range and all of the numbers in that range always have the same symbol assigned to them. In fact, if you write the integer more precisely as 10a + b you'll see that the range is 10a + b - (a+b) = 9a and the numbers 9, 18,... have the same symbol assigned to them. The next time you do the experiment, pick multiple numbers and look up their symbol before clicking on the sphere and you'll see they always have the same symbol assigned to them.

Experiment #2 operates similarly; I'll leave it to you to figure it out.

[Homer]

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I'm completley baffled.

I've tried it 8 times now and it has never been wrong.
Shaman (http://www.ellusionist.com/magic_tricks_online/Magic_Tricks_theShaman.htm)

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

The answer is always a multiple of 9. Multiples of 9 all have the same symbol.

[kgrad5]

i must be retarted but hte second trick hasnt worked for me yet.. it keeps not getting my card.. i must be doing it wrong, i chose the number 5 and its never once got my card..