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[tris]

Ok check this out.

You have a deck of playing cards.

You can write down any instructions you want on a piece of paper for your friend.

I pull 5 random cards out of the deck.

You have to arrange them in any order on the table, with the last card face down and the other cards face up.

Your friend must be able to guess the the face down card from your instructions.

What are the instructions?

Spoiler: a solution

the face down card is of the same suit as the first card.

the three middle cards are associated with a number based on their relative values (where spades > hearts > clubs > diamonds and ace is high*) like so:
low, middle, high = 1
low, high, middle = 2
middle, low, high = 3
middle, high, low = 4
high, low, middle = 5
high, middle, low = 6

the rank of the face down card is that number away from the rank of the first card wrapping around from K to A to 2.

*the exact ranking system doesn't matter so long as you pick something.

[tris]

Ok check this out.

You have a deck of playing cards.

You can write down any instructions you want on a piece of paper for your friend.

I pull 5 random cards out of the deck.

You have to arrange them in any order on the table, with the last card face down and the other cards face up.

Your friend must be able to guess the the face down card from your instructions.

What are the instructions?

Spoiler: a solution

the face down card is of the same suit as the first card.

the three middle cards are associated with a number based on their relative values (where spades > hearts > clubs > diamonds and ace is high*) like so:
low, middle, high = 1
low, high, middle = 2
middle, low, high = 3
middle, high, low = 4
high, low, middle = 5
high, middle, low = 6

the rank of the face down card is that number away from the rank of the first card wrapping around from K to A to 2.

*the exact ranking system doesn't matter so long as you pick something.

Spoiler:

oh wait I think this works you just get the distance between the two cards and the put the one behind face down or vice versa. Then they know which way to go once the have the distance number. Like if it’s K and 3 your distance number is 4 and you put the K face down. If it’s 8 and K your distance number is 5 and you put the 8 face down.

nice job tris

Spoiler:

yeah, i started from the fact that there will always be at least one matching suit. from there, i saw that you could only get six configurations from the remaining cards, but then i realized there was one last means to convey information which was this.

hi pooky :)