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{{comic | number = 1914 | date = June 20, 2010 | title = 2010-06-20 | image = 20100620.gif | votey = 20100620after.gif | titletext = 2010-06-20 }} ==Explanation== {{incomplete}} ==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :It's called "polish hand magic." :By :One palmis worth 5 :9 :10 :Now, say you multiply 7x8. :day :2 + 3 fingers up = 5 3 x 2 fingers down= 6 :And there's the answer:56 :I'm so powerful. :It works for bigger or smaller numbers? Just imagine negative fingers and extra fingers. :Is this you right now? :Why?! :See if you can figure :It out before :Moving on. :Here's the proof : 10[(x-5)+(cy.) + 1 [10-x)-(10-y)] 10 times sum of \ times product of up values down values =10x+10y-10x-10ythy =xy :Now that you've seen the proof, you know fully why it works :But...wh? :=x.y. :Right, but why? :But that's totally unsatisf :This is the worst thing about being human :Caption: *Source: The Puzzler's Elusion, by Dr. Dennis Shasha, who apparently from "a smart and elegant Polish woman." ==Votey Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Me, all day friday: This is the coolest thing ever! Someone needs to inform the president! Your {{comic discussion}} [[Category:Comics featuring stick figures]]
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