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The spectator shuffles the deck and deals about fifteen cards on the table in a pile. While she is doing this, the magician writes the prediction on a piece of paper and puts it in an envelope. Another viewer thinks of a number, writes it down on a piece of paper, and solves a simple arithmetic problem involving that number, resulting in another number. The cards in the pile are counted down to that number and the corresponding card is revealed. The envelope is opened, and it turns out that the magician predicted this particular card.

Focus secret:

1. Hand the deck to the spectator (let's call her Alexandra) and have her completely shuffle the cards and start dealing them face up in a pile on the table. While she is doing this, you begin to write on a piece of paper: "You will take the three of spades." You do not complete the divination until Alexandra has dealt the ninth card, so carefully count the cards dealt. The ninth card you enter into the prediction. Put a piece of paper in an envelope and seal it; tell Alexandra that she should stop dealing and can turn over the stack she dealt so that it is face down. You know, of course, that the ninth card from the top is the one you predicted, in this case the three of spades.

2. Now pass the paper and pen to another viewer who is good at simple subtraction. Let's call him Dimitri. Tell him: “Write any three-digit number so that I can’t see. Did you write it? Now write it in reverse order. Did it work? Unless you wrote a palindrome number (that is, one that reads the same on both sides), you will succeed two different numbers. Please subtract the smaller one from the larger one. How many digits do you have in your answer?"

3. Most likely, there will be three of them. Say, "OK, we'll take the one in the middle, that's..." It'll be a nine (nine is the only possible result; you can see for yourself). Tell Alexandra, "Please count eight cards from the top of the pile and turn over the ninth." Alexandra will do it; as we know, the ninth card is the three of spades. Ask her to open the envelope, reminding her and the rest of the audience that Dimitri chose a number at random, that she shuffled the deck herself, and that you could not know the order of the cards. However, your envelope contains a correct prediction.

Perhaps the result in Dmitry's calculations will consist of only two digits. In this case, ask him to choose one. If his answer is 99, it won't affect the focus in any way.

Author: Arnold Peter

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