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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 01/03/2007 18:58:25

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Please use this thread for discussion about this card.
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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 04/03/2007 17:39:07

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Help me (please!)

I have found a long message hidden in this card, but i still cant work out the answer. Please can someone give me a hint to point me in the right direction? (please!)

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Re: #136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 04/03/2007 22:17:09

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I'm still trying to work out the message!

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I'm gussing that it's a sort of maze that needs to be followed?
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Re: #136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 13:57:02

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this card wound me up for quite a while until it finally came to me.

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all the letters on the card are the right way up for how they need to be read...



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the card has four sides....try using all of them



hope this helps but if not then let me know and i can provide a few more.
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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 14:58:41

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Thanks for that :o)

I am now positive i have the whole clue. But being a bit of a maths thickie I'm still confused!

Any more hints much appreciated :o)

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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 15:08:49

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saracallie wrote:

Thanks for that :o)

I am now positive i have the whole clue. But being a bit of a maths thickie I'm still confused!

Any more hints much appreciated :o)



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in simpler terms, its looking for a number that, when you reverse the digits, then double it, then take away 1, it equals the original number.



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an easy way would be to use excel (or another spreadsheet program).
try

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creating four columns
1) a list of all whole number (1,2,3...)
2) a list of those whole numbers next to it, but with its digits reversed (e.g. 12 becomes 21)
3) a list that doubles the 'reversed' number
4) a list that adds 1 to the whole number and then halfs it.
Where an entry first matches in column 2 and 4, this should give you the answer.



I hope you have some luck
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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 16:32:53

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It all makes sense now! I will give it a go.
Thank you snurge :o)

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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 16:34:38

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no problems.
after reading what i posted back...i wasn't even sure it all made sense to me...lol
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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 17:05:56

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does this mean

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that the number cannot be one through 9 because they can't be reversed?



self is very very confused but determined to solve this!
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Re: #136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 17:13:46

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They can be reversed but they would become themselves so would not fit the rule.
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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 17:16:32

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thanks. that narrows the headache to

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anything bigger than 10....
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Re: #136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 21:17:57

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Took a while....

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I decided on an Excel solution as well, except my formula was slightly different. Got there in the end though!
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#136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 05/03/2007 23:00:19

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Post-message discussion:

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You can skip a lot of numbers due to simple logic. For example, when you get to 23, reversed it's 32, which is already much greater than 23, let alone doubling itt etc. Same with 20-anything greater than 22, in fact, so that's 8 numbers skipped right there.
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Re: #136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 21/03/2007 18:24:02

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i still haven't found the message. Can someone tell me which letter the message starts with please.
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Re: #136 - Which Way Now (blue dice) 21/03/2007 18:27:43

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oh wait, i just got it

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