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   EINSTEIN'S DIARY ENTRY WHEN HE WAS A SIXTH-GRADER.................
posted on 9 Apr 2010 15:37:07 IST    1559 views    10 comments
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MATHEMATICAL TRAP

 


Hey Diary,
Consider any two digit number, say 15........................
Now reverse the digits...............U'll get 51...................

Subtract the smaller number from the bigger one......i.e. 51 - 15 = 36....................

As it can be seen, sum of the two digits = 9..................

U may try this for any two digit number and u'll get the same result................




One of my friends tried to trick me into believing that this is a wonderful trick.....He made me select a two digit number. (I selected 15)..........Told me to reverse....Then subtract.........Then asked me one of the digits............I said 3................He announced with a proud smile, 'The other is 6'.................Holy shit!!

He thought that I would start regarding him a mathematical wizard.........I knew he had only 'learnt' the trick from someone else who would have learnt it from someone else who again, would have learnt it from someone else..........But I also knew that none of them could give a mathematical explanation for it.......

Hence, to crack the code, I took a pen and paper, and scribbled this little proof..........



Any two digit number is:
10X + Y, such that Y>X

On reversing, it turns into:
10Y + X

Difference of the two numbers = 10(Y-X) + (X-Y)

Hence, one of the digits = (Y-X) - 1                  {since X-Y is a negative number}

Other digit = 10 + (X-Y)                                    {since X-Y is a negative number}


Adding the two digits, we have, Digit-1 + Digit-2 = 9

Hence, proved................


MORAL OF THE STORY: There is a reason for every damn earthly phenomenon...........No magic, no miracle.............







HATS OFF!!! Einstein!!!!.............

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Transmigrator is offline comment by Transmigrator      (posted on 9 Apr 2010 15:41:49 IST)
    As usual, comments and rates invited..........
ThIrStY of IIT is offline comment by ThIrStY of IIT      (posted on 9 Apr 2010 16:15:11 IST)
    excellent hav a salute frm me.........
shivam garg is offline comment by shivam garg      (posted on 9 Apr 2010 16:21:30 IST)
    gud.hat from me............
Missionadmission is offline comment by Missionadmission      (posted on 9 Apr 2010 17:44:24 IST)
    Thats why he is better than NEWTON.
Anshuman Singh is offline comment by Anshuman Singh      (posted on 10 Apr 2010 15:29:30 IST)
    You fools this is no diary entry of einstein.he never wrote this!hahaha cant believe you actually fell for this.
Transmigrator is offline comment by Transmigrator      (posted on 11 Apr 2010 23:36:52 IST)
    As if u've read all diary entries of Einstein...........I got this is in a book titled - 'Great Scientists' in my school library.......U r a fool, not others...........
Transmigrator is offline comment by Transmigrator      (posted on 12 Apr 2010 23:23:47 IST)
    Anyway, feel free to comment..........
. . is offline comment by . .      (posted on 13 Apr 2010 22:40:43 IST)
    newton and einstein cannot be compared just cuzz newton did all dis in 15 th century and einstein in 20 th ! ....so it wud be unfair to both of dem being compared in that way !...compare einstein to maybe bohr and compare newton to leibnitz .......this also may not be fair but atleast the timelines are same !!!...........................
RAVI TEJA is offline comment by RAVI TEJA      (posted on 15 Apr 2010 11:08:33 IST)
    ANY INTELLIGENT FOOL CAN MAKE THINGS COMPLEX BUT IT TAKES TOUCH OF A GENIUS TO DO IT IN THE OTHER WAY. ----EINSTEINBRAVO EINSTEIN! U STILL HAVE UR SUCCESSORS! HOW MANY OF U R EINSTEINOMANIACS?
DEEPRAJ JHA is offline comment by DEEPRAJ JHA      (posted on 1 Jun 2011 16:29:56 IST)
    these articles should be included in english literature course books as chapters to ignite the sense of science in children.............
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