too wierd!

[matswurld]

K this site says it can read your mind or something!
It got me RIGHT! 7 times out of 10 thought itd be a fun share with mmowned.

http://www.bored.com/mysticalball/index.htm

[Enfeebleness]

Mind Reader secret revealed

You may have come across this so called "Psychic Mind Reader" or "Mystical Ball" stuff while surfing the net. And I'm damn sure most of you netizens were curious or in awe the first time you tried it. So was I.
If you aren't sure what am I talking about (writing about rather), check out the links below:
http://trunks.secondfoundation.org/files/psychic.swf
http://www.mysticalball.com/

I first saw this smart piece of work some years ago, but never bothered to figure out the math algorithm behind this puzzle.
One of my friends mailed it to me yesterday and that got me thinking.
As I had first thought, the solution was a simple one. In fact, Too simple.
Its the "Magic of Math" and not symbols and stuff.

So how does it work?
Note: Before proceeding, atleast make an attempt to solve it yourself.

Consider the numbers in the list. Now apply the Math you are asked to perform in the puzzle for all numbers from 10 to 19..

10 - (1 + 0) = 9
11 - (1 + 1) = 9
19 - (1 + 9) = 9

This will surely enlighten you. Amazingly, the answer is always nine.
Why is the answer always the same? That would be a dumb question.
Anyway, here's the answer.
Let's take from the samples shown above.
The original numbers always increment by one (10,11,12....19), but so does the values we are using to subtract ( 1+0,1+1,1+2...1+9).
Obviously, it will yield the same number.

Now consider all numbers between 20 and 29..
20 - (2 + 0) = 18
21 - (2 + 1) = 18
Its 18 here.
And how is 18 related to 9 ? Its a multiple of 9 offcourse.

Similarly, for the set 30-39, it will be 27. 27 is another multiple of 9.
40-49 will return 36.

Now take a close look at the symbols for the number 9 and its multiples.
Well! You must have guessed it by now. All the symbols are the same and this is the answer.

It is truly the magic of the number 9.

http://txpress.blogspot.com/2006/10/...-revealed.html

[Joetherogue]

wicked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[matswurld]

I really was wondering how it worked! Thx for that but people dont let that stop you from trying it its cool the first time

[Glynbeard]

lol my teacher pulled this stuff on me, didn't work out for her :P