Your age by eating out

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  1. Posts : 1,402
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Your age by eating out


    YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT

    Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but your waiter may know!


    YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH

    This is pretty neat

    DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST !

    It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read .

    Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!

    This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

    1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10)

    2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
    3. Add 5
    4. Multiply it by 50

    5. If you have already had your birthday this
    year add 1758...

    If you haven't, add 1757.

    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. ( I. e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)

    The next two numbers are
    YOUR AGE! ------ (Oh, YES!, it is!)
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  2. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #2

    Well I'll be damned. It was right
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  3. Joe
    Posts : 236
    Windows 7 RC
       #3

    Very clever!
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  4. Posts : 576
    Vista X32. Windows 7 32bit
       #4

    echrada said:
    YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT

    Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but your waiter may know!


    YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH

    This is pretty neat

    DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST !

    It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read .

    Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!

    This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

    1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10)

    2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
    3. Add 5
    4. Multiply it by 50

    5. If you have already had your birthday this
    year add 1758...

    If you haven't, add 1757.

    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. ( I. e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)

    The next two numbers are
    YOUR AGE! ------ (Oh, YES!, it is!)
    Okay. Thats goood

    Norm
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  5. Posts : 2,899
    Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
       #5

    too good
    are you breaking the fabric of space and time???...lol
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  6. Posts : 1,009
    Windows 7 RC 7100 32bit/64bit
       #6

    Really good one...well done!
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  7. Posts : 4,364
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
       #7

    It's a mathematical trick. The first part allows the orignal number to be multiplied by 100 and added to 250. The second part (adding the 1758) brings it to a nice round number that, when manipulated correctly (i.e. subtracting your birth year) reveals your age plus the original number multiplied by 100.

    think about it....

    X

    time 2 = 2x
    +5 = 2x + 5
    X50 = 100x + 250....

    and so on.

    Of course, as soon as next year starts, the numbers 1758/1757 have to be incremented by 1 for it to work....
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  8. Posts : 576
    Vista X32. Windows 7 32bit
       #8

    johngalt said:
    It's a mathematical trick. The first part allows the orignal number to be multiplied by 100 and added to 250. The second part (adding the 1758) brings it to a nice round number that, when manipulated correctly (i.e. subtracting your birth year) reveals your age plus the original number multiplied by 100.

    think about it....

    X

    time 2 = 2x
    +5 = 2x + 5
    X50 = 100x + 250....

    and so on.

    Of course, as soon as next year starts, the numbers 1758/1757 have to be incremented by 1 for it to work....
    It's not is it?. And I thought he was a mentalist too. Shame echrada for leading us on!

    Your age by eating out-gullible.jpg
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  9. Posts : 4,364
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
       #9

    Sorry to burst yer bubble, but it is.

    And if you make the change I specify then it works again next year :P
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  10. Posts : 35
    OS X Leopard, Vista Basic and Windows 7 Ultimate
       #10

    OK it's a trick but it's very cool!

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