Comments on: A card trick that will probably amaze your friends (solution) http://divisbyzero.com/2010/03/15/a-card-trick-solution/ A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2010/03/15/a-card-trick-solution/#comment-1163 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:57:20 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2744#comment-1163 Bill, thanks for letting me know about the success rate! That’s pretty good, but not perfect.

However, as @GMichaelGuy said on twitter: “this trick is nice. And when it doesn’t work, you can certainly convince the other person they messed up!”

Dropping the face cards to 1′s would help even more.

]]> By: Bill the Lizard http://divisbyzero.com/2010/03/15/a-card-trick-solution/#comment-1162 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:02:57 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2744#comment-1162 Very cool trick, and I love the word play in the title. I’m seeing an 87% success rate in a Monte Carlo simulator. I’m going to try and break it down a little further to see how the success rate grows as you progress through the deck.

]]> By: Mathphan http://divisbyzero.com/2010/03/15/a-card-trick-solution/#comment-1152 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:24:52 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2744#comment-1152 Sounds like an application of Markov chains.

]]> By: A card trick that will probably amaze your friends « Division by Zero http://divisbyzero.com/2010/03/15/a-card-trick-solution/#comment-1150 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:43:10 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=2744#comment-1150 [...] post the secret behind the card trick in a separate post. If you figure it out, please do not reveal it in the comments. Possibly related posts: [...]

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