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AN EXPLANATION OF rxtraman.gif
I did not create this GIF, nor do I know who the creator is - if the author should happen to see this, or someone knows who the creator is, please send me an email so I can give proper credit - one clue to the originator is is that the filename is 'rxtraman.gif' - the other is an internal file comment "Built with GIF Movie Gear 2.6"
This is a very clever puzzle and it took me a while to figure it out - and even longer to explain it -
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First the puzzle - this is an animated gif
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rxtraman.gif - Animated
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Count the people - after it moves, count them again - it shifts between 12 and 13 -
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Twelve person picture
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Thirteen person picture
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Where did the extra person come from?
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This is the 12 person picture with 13 numbered positions
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For ease of discussion. let's say all the people are 65 inches tall and share equally, that is they each give up 5 inches of their height
In English, 60 inches of person 2 is moved into position 1 - that leaves 5 inches of person 2 in position 2 (the bottom part of their shoes) -
55 inches of person 3 is moved to position 2, which combined with 5 inches of person 2 places a 60 inch person in position 2 and leaves 10 inches of person 3 in position 3 (the bottom part of thier shoes also)
50 inches of person 4 is moved to position 3, which combined with 10 inches of person 3 places another 60 inch person in position 3 and leaves 15 inches of person 4 in position 4 (their entire shoes)
45 inches of person 5 is moved to position 4, which combined with 15 inches of person 4 places another 60 inch person in position 4 and leaves 20 inches of person 5 in position 5 (their shoes and part of their legs)
Etcetera
5 inches of person 13 is moved to position 12, which combined with 55 inches of person 12 places another 60 inch person in position 12 and leaves a 60 inch person in position 13 (everything remains except a tuft of hair)
The table details all the moves
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Position
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Plus
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Position
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Remainder
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1
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60 inches of person 2
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2
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5 inches of person 2
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2
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55 inches of person 3
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5 inches of person 2
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3
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10 inches of person 3
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3
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50 inches of person 4
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10 inches of person 3
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4
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15 inches of person 4
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4
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45 inches of person 5
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15 inches of person 4
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5
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20 inches of person 5
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5
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40 inches of person 6
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20 inches of person 5
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6
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25 inches of person 6
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6
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35 inches of person 7
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25 inches of person 6
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7
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30 inches of person 7
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7
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30 inches of person 8
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30 inches of person 7
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8
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35 inches of person 8
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8
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25 inches of person 9
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35 inches of person 8
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9
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40 inches of person 9
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9
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20 inches of person 10
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40 inches of person 9
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10
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45 inches of person 10
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10
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15 inches of person 11
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45 inches of person 10
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11
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50 inches of person 11
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11
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10 inches of person 12
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50 inches of person 11
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12
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55 inches of person 12
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12
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5 inches of person 13
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55 inches of person 12
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13
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60 inches of person 13
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13
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60 inches of person 13
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One of the cleverest substitutions is the number 10 position (2nd from the right) - this position 'gives up' almost the entire head, a few chin pixels remain - when the partial light blue head from position 11 moves over the previous chin pixels become the nose and the open neck of the t-shirt form the rest of the head -
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Explanation GIF - Animated
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Said another way, there are 12 - 65 inch people or 780 inches of people - after the switch, there are 13 - 60 inch people or 780 inches of people - in this case all were not the same height to start and all did not become shorter by the same amount - however, all the people are shorter in the 13 person picture - many are quite noticably shorter in the explanation gif as it 'flips'
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Substitution Order GIF - Animated
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My PSP techniques aren't that good, but I've tried to retain the original figures as best I could and arranged them in substition order - this animation just slides the top half of the graphic over to the right and back again -
Hopefully I've done it good enough that you can see, for example, how the magenta person in position 6 becomes a shorter magenta and blue person here and in the explanation gif above -
In the description I assumed they were all 65 inches high and gave up the same amount, 5 inches - here you can also see that the actual amount 'given up' varies - position 2 and 3 leave behind just a bit of their shoes - position 5 leaves behind most of the legs and below - position 6 leaves behind most of the shorts and below - and so on - position 13 leaves it all behind except a tuft of hair -
