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Matthew Parker’s Decoder #2018-11

Did you pop November’s balloon code? Here it is again:

Matthew's Decoder #2018-11

How It Works

Write out each balloon as a five-digit number, where orange equals 1 and black equals 0:
10011—10100—01111—10010—11001

This code is written in binary. Starting on the far right, each place to the left is worth twice as much as the previous one.

5th

4th

3rd

2nd

1st

0 or 16

0 or 8

0 or 4

0 or 2

0 or 1

Add up the places to find a total between 1 and 26, then replace that number with its corresponding letter to discover the secret word.

Binary
00001

00010

00011

00100

00101

00110

00111

01000

01001

01010

01011

01100

01101

Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M

Binary
01110

01111

10000

10001

10010

10011

10100

10101

10110

10111

11000

11001

11010

Total
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

25

26

Letter
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Look for a new code in the next issue of Clubhouse magazine.

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