How many matches are clenched in a fist? Effective trick and its solution

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How many matches are clenched in a fist? Focus Secret

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To show the trick, you need a box of 20 matches.

The magician, turning his back to the viewer, asks him to pull out a few matches from the box (no more than ten) and put them in his pocket. The spectator then counts the matches remaining in the box. Let's say there are 14 of them. He "writes out" this number on the table as follows: the unit is represented by one match, placed on the left, and the four - with four matches, placed somewhat to the right. These five matches are taken from among those left in the box. After that, matches depicting the number 14 are also placed in the pocket. In conclusion, the viewer takes out a few more matches from the box and clamps them in his fist.

The artist turns to face the audience, pours the matches from the box onto the table and immediately names the number of matches clenched in his fist.

Focus secret:

To get the answer, you need to subtract from nine the number of matches scattered on the table.

Author: M.Gardner

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