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Challenge 2: The whole deck in pairs

We found that the entire deck of cards got transformed in pairs of red and black.

Why did that happen?

What students worked out2

  • Student 1

    when the special arrangement is made like top half black bottom half red when you cut it you get a stack of red and black the you riffle shuffle it you get it alternate: black,red,black,red,black

  • Student 3

    after making 2 packs…irrespective of pattern adjacent 2 cards will be black and red

    pattern could be

    BR BR RB RB BR RB RB RB

    here 4th card R is mixed between original 3rd and 4th card. so pattern may not be alternate black and red … but two adjacent set of cards remain black and red

    if either black or red card gets inserted between first two cards then trick wont work I FEEL as pattern could be
    BB RB RB….