Guess the number !

[mobaholic]

I don't know how this works ....... but it just does.       

This will drive you nuts, if you let it.       

Click here.       

Any mathematician here who can explain it to us ?       

[ash]

Well MH,
your number belongs to a particular colour. then your are asked to choose among five houses where each house has only one number of each colour. its easy to find which number you have chosen.
e.g. 7, 8, 11, 19 and 24 are black in colour and each house has one of these numbers. in second click you tell your colour. as soon as you choose the house (A/B/C/D/E) you are disclosing your number.
now opening the door is a simple software which shows a particular number behind that door, which you click first.  isn't it ?

[ash]

Do I get a nomination for ''Nobel Prize in Mathematics for 2010'' ?

[mobaholic]

Well MH,
your number belongs to a particular colour.

   

  Good start !       

then your are asked to choose among five houses where each house has only one number of each colour.

   

Er yes.       

its easy to find which number you have chosen.

Following you so far.       

e.g. 7, 8, 11, 19 and 24 are black in colour and each house has one of these numbers. in second click you tell your colour. as soon as you choose the house (A/B/C/D/E) you are disclosing your number.

No problem yet.       

now opening the door is a simple software which shows a particular number behind that door, which you click first.  isn't it ?

But that's the clever bit - that needs explaining !       

Have you not seen that all three of the last doors have numbers behind them - and ONLY the first one clicked is the correct one ?       

You need to explain that mystery - before you are awarded any mathematical prize !       

6 out of 10 for trying !       

[getcopy]

But that's the clever bit - that needs explaining !       

Have you not seen that all three of the last doors have numbers behind them - and ONLY the first one clicked is the correct one ?       

You need to explain that mystery - before you are awarded any mathematical prize !       

6 out of 10 for trying !       

ash explained it correctly. Just to add to his explanation, a software program can be written in such a way that when you click on any door it'll show that number (your selected). If you are imagining that the numbers were there before you click you favorite door then that's what the programmer wanted you to believe. But that's not case.

[mku]

If you pick number 4 for instance in the first screen, the other numbers in that box( namely 17,18,3,10) are distributed in different boxes ( making it 5 different numbers in 5 different boxes ) in the next screen - so not difficult at all to pick yours when you have given 2 clues yourself - in fact does not need any computer program at all

Any comments welcome

[mku]

Sorry forgot to mention - clicking the colour and clicking the ball are just distractions to divert attention - they are not essential steps for the trick

[mku]

It is like instructing your programme to put the right answer behind the first clicked door, irrespective of whether it is your favourite door or not - can be done

[djyhkr]

Yes you all are right its so simple.

In the 1st step there are numbers from 1 to 25 which is divided into 5 equally and and given 5 colour codes for example under the red colour the numbers are2,5,13,15 and 20 you go to second step which is to divert your attention then the 3rd step here you can seen 5 houses each contains 1 number from each colour code, so if you were thinking 20 you will click house C and on this step you yourself given the answer. Next step is again a distraction. No the programme knows which number you are thinking it will come up on the next step which ever door you opens first which is probably a software programme.

[digitdm]

Very simple Game:
choose particular number and click on relevant color of that number. game developer throws a trick here, he/she made 5 houses contains 6 numbers, each house has one number from each color scheme and one irrelevant number just to fill the gap. as and when we click on particular house, program can make out which number we chose coz we already clicked the color of that number in first step and as above said every house has one number from each color.
click on crystal is just to activate script to return the final value in last step. last step which is click on the door is nothing but a mouse click event program which shows (return) the exact value. if you click on rest of the doors, they'll come up with different numbers but from same color scheme randomly.
Thanks...