Re: OT: really neat web site/trick
- From: Bruce Collins <bcollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:22:40 -0500
Nilesh Patel wrote
I saw this many months ago. I think the answer comes up as a multiple of 9 and each 9th has the symbol assigned to it.
Any time you see a math puzzle which involves adding up the digits, they are using the "casting nines" method of calculating the remainder after dividing by nine. Subtracting this number from your original number will always give you a number that is divisible by nine, and all of those numbers will have the same symbol.
To make it less obvious, they change the symbols every time you visit the site. Otherwise you would clue in that whatever number you choose comes up with the same symbol.
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