How Does This Work [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Neuqua

03-08-2006, 04:17 PM

Flash Mind Reader (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mind.php)

It's "guessed" right 10 out of 10 times for me. Someone please explain it to the simpleminded.

Ben E Lou

03-08-2006, 04:18 PM

All of the possible results have the same symbol.

cartman

03-08-2006, 04:20 PM

It all has to do with 9. If you look, the symbol is always the same for 9, 18, 27, 36, etc. Each time you play the game, it simply uses a different set of symbols, but their pattern is always the same.

wishbone

03-08-2006, 04:27 PM

The end result of the math they have you do is always a multiple of 9. All the multiples of 9 have the same symbol and change each time.

Or, what cartman said...

oliegirl

03-08-2006, 06:56 PM

So any 2 digit number added together and then the sum subtracted from the original number ends up with a number that is divisable by 9? How can that be?

kcchief19

03-08-2006, 07:03 PM

So any 2 digit number added together and then the sum subtracted from the original number ends up with a number that is divisable by 9? How can that be?It's magic. http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/smile.gif

Masked

03-08-2006, 07:08 PM

So any 2 digit number added together and then the sum subtracted from the original number ends up with a number that is divisable by 9? How can that be?Take a 2 digit number AB.
AB equals 10*A + B.
Subtract the sum of the digits from AB --> 10*A + B - (A+B) = 9*A
9*A is of course always divisible by 9.