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Boots - no longer muffin with honey
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Okay,this game has got me completely stumped on how it works. I think I'm probably missing some sort of clue that can signal me in on how this game works...

or it really reads minds.
Internet telepathy, ain't is amazing!

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JP.
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Wow. That is amazing! How does it do that ?

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Let's represent your number symbolically with the variables x and y.

For example, if you picked 54, then x=5 and y=4.

Your original number is represented by the value (10x + y).

You subtract from your original number the total of its digits, or (x + y).

You end up with [(10x + y) - (x + y)] or 9x.

Therefore, no matter what two-digit number you start with, your end result will be a multiple of 9. Notice that all the multiples of 9 are represented with the same symbol in the "Mind Probe" table.

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JP.
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Thanks snopes! I was wondering why when i just picked out a symbol it got it wrong. But when I actually did the math it was right every time.

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Andrew of Ware, England
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It's very clever. Do you notice how the symbols for each number change after every go? I was sent a similar site via an e-mail recently.

A very similar site (but with sound effects!)

I got a clue as to the answer when I tried to 'conjure' up the symbol for 17 and could not!

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Mrs. Chicopea
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quote:
Originally posted by snopes:
Let's represent your number symbolically with the variables x and y.

For example, if you picked 54, then x=5 and y=4.

Your original number is represented by the value (10x + y).

You subtract from your original number the total of its digits, or (x + y).

You end up with [(10x + y) - (x + y)] or 9x.

Therefore, no matter what two-digit number you start with, your end result will be a multiple of 9. Notice that all the multiples of 9 are represented with the same symbol in the "Mind Probe" table.

- snopes
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Richard W
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quote:
Originally posted by snopes:
Therefore, no matter what two-digit number you start with, your end result will be a multiple of 9. Notice that all the multiples of 9 are represented with the same symbol in the "Mind Probe" table.

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D'oh! That was certainly my first thought, but it still fooled me because they change the symbol each time...
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