An interresting mathematical formula

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:19 am

I'm sorry, but I got this in an email, and just had to share it.

1. First of all, pick a number between 1 and 10(more than 1 but less than 10).
2. Multiply this number by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply by 50.
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755. If not, add 1754.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number.

The first digit of this was your original number(between 1 and 10). The next two numbers are your age!

Cool, isn't it! This only works for 2005.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:20 am

i remember this i did it to this girl at school and told her i was reading her mind and then she screamed and ran out of the room

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:10 am

I think most girls end up screaming and running out of your room...

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:05 pm

i convinced a girl with the help of her friend that i was hacking into their computers. the friend sent me their convo and i started quoting it to the girl and she FREAKED OUT!!!! it was awesome.

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:49 pm

lol I love those.

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:37 am

you said it only worked with 2005

here is mine

5
10
15
750
2505
517<- final number

5 was my first number and 17 is my age

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:52 pm

Yea, it only works this year. If you use it next year, you need to use 1756/1755 for step 5.

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:55 pm

it worked for 1988 for me

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:59 pm

I don't mean the year you're born in. I mean the year you use it. If it was the year you were born, and only 2005 worked, there would be no point to it.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:55 pm

Alright let's give this a try

7
14
19
950
2705
717

HAHA! That's awesome!

It works

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:43 pm

I know, it's so cool!

Mine:
1
2
7
350
2104
115

BTW, I was just watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Man that is some gruesome crap!

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:53 pm

yep 1088

F · Post by F » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:09 pm

I don't see why everybody's so amazed with this. It can be proven that this works for all numbers

Let's say your random number is X. I outlined the following steps using X.

X
2X
2X+5
100X+250
100X+2005 (2004 if you haven't had your birthday yet)

2005-(year you were born) = your age, right? (2004 if you haven't had your birthday yet)

So now we have

100X + Your age
Or
Xyourage, where X is your random number and your age follows.
Note: This isn't X times your age, it's like X17 if you are 17 years old.

It can easily be tweaked to work for other years also. If it was year 2006, you'd just add 1755 or 1756.

QED

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:12 pm

edit:

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:47 pm

Lucretius wrote:I think most girls end up screaming and running out of your room...

Huh. Most girls run screaming INTO my room...