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Did you know that if you take your area code, multiply it by 3, add the number of children to whom your mother gave birth, subtract your age

and divide the result by 2, you'll come up with a number that includes at least one digit in your year of birth?

Go ahead, try it. 


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Posted - November 27, 2016

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  • 5614
    Wow! Please tell us! What does it mean?
      November 27, 2016 8:53 AM MST
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  • 53509
    What does what mean?  It's a completely straightforward and self-explanatory question.
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      November 27, 2016 8:00 PM MST
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  • Bez

    2148
    How is that possible?
      November 27, 2016 8:55 AM MST
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  • 53509
    It worked, didn't it?

    :)





      November 27, 2016 10:26 AM MST
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  • 2148
    No, it resulted in a minus number.
      November 27, 2016 5:37 PM MST
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  • 53509
    (Do you mean a negative number?)

    In that "minus number" or negative number, did any of its digits match up to one or more of the digits in your year of birth?
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      November 27, 2016 7:04 PM MST
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  • 2148
    It did until I divided it by 2. If I hadn't done that it would have been minus 19. How was it supposed to work, Randy?
      November 28, 2016 10:45 AM MST
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  • 53509
    -19 / 2 = -9 1/2

    Therefore, either of the numbers 9, 1, or 2 appear in your year of birth. If you were born in 1999 or any year previous to that, it works. 

    :)
      November 28, 2016 10:48 AM MST
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  • 53509
    P.S. 1992, 1982, 1972, 1962, 1952, 1942, 1932, etc work also. 

    :)
      November 28, 2016 10:49 AM MST
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  • 2148
    I was born in 1962. I didn't think of including the numbers 1 and 2 in the half. I imagined only whole numbers would be valid. I was always good at maths in school, but thinking outside the box was never one of my strongest points. Lol:)
      November 28, 2016 10:57 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I already know my year of birth, thanks anyway.  Don't care one whit. 

    Do you know if you keep counting, you will never reach an end?  Try it.
      November 27, 2016 10:32 AM MST
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  • 53509
    Sharonna, Sharonna, Sharonna.  How many times do I have to admonish you to read for comprehension?  What do you do, read for assumption?

    The point is not to ascertain your year of birth, largely because, as you have stated, you already know it.  The purpose of the exercise is to see if the final result reveals that any digits that match up to one or more of the digits in your year of birth.
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      November 27, 2016 7:07 PM MST
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  • 1523
    It worked!!!!
      November 27, 2016 11:45 AM MST
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  • 53509
    Thanks, Pal; I knew it would!

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      November 28, 2016 10:50 AM MST
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  • 3934
      November 27, 2016 12:00 PM MST
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  • 34284
    Did not work for me. 
      November 27, 2016 7:11 PM MST
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  • 53509
    Hmmmm, that's strange; it's usually spot on.  Do you have have more than one area code, or have you changed your area code since your mother last gave birth?  If so, perhaps you used the wrong one.  
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      November 27, 2016 7:58 PM MST
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  • 34284
    Yes I have moved since I was born. And yes it does work with my home town area code. But it doesn't work with my sister....any she has only had one area code her whole life. Not for my husband or any of my 3 children.  It does work for my brother though. 
      November 27, 2016 8:20 PM MST
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  • 53509
    I see.  Someone must be a mutant here.  I'll alert the CIA and get back to you.

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      November 27, 2016 8:47 PM MST
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  • 34284
    Maybe your formula doesn't work so well with Midwest area codes?
      November 27, 2016 8:51 PM MST
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  • 53509
    You're just trying to stall to get the CIA off your trail, aren't you?  Stay right there; I'm watching you.

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      November 27, 2016 8:54 PM MST
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  • 34284
    I just have to stall them until Trump gets sworn in....
      November 27, 2016 9:04 PM MST
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  • 53509
    LOL!

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      November 27, 2016 9:29 PM MST
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