Do this math problem in your head.

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  1. But for a split second I thought 5000. 5000 “seemed” like it should be the answer, but obviously it’s not.
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HMMM 5000. I’ve seen this somewhere, prolly got the wrong answer

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4100 . . . :confused:

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4,100 - why?

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4100?

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8,963.2777[…]

Actually, I came up with 5000. Fuckin’ head games! I see now where it gets you, thanks to brewha.

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4100, but I was very tempted to say 5000 after the last question. Had to think about it for a second.

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OK, I’ve been good and not looked. 4100.

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I said 5000, my husband said 4100.

Gee, he bugs me.

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5000, until I decided there must be a trick here and went back to check. Interesting puzzle there.

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  1. I was expecting a trick, but there didn’t seem to be one.
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I habitually just press ctrl + a to highlight everything, including the spoiler boxes, so I could see them all at once. Didn’t stop me from figuring wrong at first, so all bets are off as to what I’d have gotten highlighting them one by one…

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But I fell for it the first time I saw it, in 1999.

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So it looks like the 4100s get it, although there are a large number of 5000s…which actually comforts me in a strange way to know that this “mind trick” of sorts still works even when people are reading it instead of hearing it.

Thank you all for being honest in your answers, though.

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5000

And apparently I fell for the trick :frowning: Crap.