Explain the following ’magic trick’: pick a number between 1 and 10. Then perfor

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Explain the following ’magic trick’: pick a number between 1 and 10. Then perform the following steps:

(1) Take your number and multiply it by 2,
(2) Take that number and subtract 1 from it,
(3) Take that number and multiply it by 9,
(4) Then add the digits of the number together,
(5) Look at the phrase below. Pick the letter in the phrase corresponding to the

number that you now have. For example, if it is 7, you would pick ’O’:

Like a pony he ran away

(6) Think of a color that begins with that letter. Your answer is: YELLOW.

Explanation / Answer

The trick is up to stage 4 if we choose any number between 1 to 10 and applying all the process of 1 to 3 at last the sum will come to 9 of any number or sum of any digits after that all the game is set on 9 you have to choose the any letter that letter is associated with the number that is for sure 1 to 10 when you say that that letter they assign that digit of 1 to 10 again same with the colour of that letter comes with the starting letter .They easily predict the answer.

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