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[The359]

Mathematics.

 

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Originally posted by The359
Mathematics.

Oh okay! Now I get it! (sarcasm)

 

[The359]

Well what other answer did you want? It's not magic, just simple logic.

 

[oscarfulz]

so whats this simple logic you speak of

 

[Zrow]

Originally posted by The359
Well what other answer did you want? It's not magic, just simple logic.

Its obviously not magic, but can you please explain it since you have it figured out?

 

[The359]

I don't have the exact mathematics, but I've seen similar things to this before. Regardless of what number you pick, the answer you put into the box at the end coincides with a single digit number. There's actually a limited number of combinations after all the jumbling and subtracting.

 

[Jpec07]

check it out; it was wrong... (number I put in: 641)

 

[Zrow]

Ok, 1248 - 2814 does not equal 1634.

Come to think of it, I'm confused as to what you exactly did.

 

[The359]

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You subtracted the numbers wrong. It should be 2814 - 1248 = 1566. From there you have to pick a different number and you'll be putting a different number into the box, so you completely screwed up the game. Try again

 

[gt4]

thats cause it said to subtract the smaller from the larger and you subtracted the larger from the smaller

Edit: jeese in the time it took me to read this thread and do the puzzle got 2 people responding already

 

[hanker]

Ok so you want to know how the game works.......... check this out then

 

[gt4]

ah makes perfect sense now

 

[Jpec07]

well, gimme a break, I'm tired, and the program should be able to account for bad math...

 

[Crayola]

It got me, I made a mistake.

 

[Crayola]

I understand what the explaination means but what does the part 21 % 9 = 3 mean?

 

[Powripper]

Originally posted by The359
Well what other answer did you want? It's not magic, just simple logic.

well, the title is "Can you figure this out??" and it probably is not magic.......so hmmmmm, Mathematics...I think that is a given

 

[gt4]

Originally posted by Crayola
I understand what the explaination means but what does the part 21 % 9 = 3 mean?

im assuming you entered a value and computed it and it gave you that right?


if you did then that means that the difference after you subtracted the smaller number from the larger had a 6 in it and it was the number that was canceled. so then using the idea that the difference will always add up to a multiple of 9, (2+1=3) is 3 greater than the previous multiple of 9 (in this case 0 since the largest multiple of 9 before 3 is 0) so when you subtract from the next largest multiple (next largest mulptiple of 9 after 0 is 9) you get (9-(2+1)) = 6

maybe that will clear it up although i seem to have confused myself while reading it but it works(i think)