A spectator freely chooses a card from a deck of 52 previously shuffled cards. The chosen card is then lost somewhere in the deck, and the deck is shuffled again. Now, let's say that to find the chosen card, we will use some clues, including the first card of the deck, which we will place face up on the table. This card turns out to be an 8, and obviously not the selected card. Our first clue tells us to count eight cards, and as we do so, we count eight cards, turning the eighth one face up, which, to the amazement of those present, turns out to be another 8. We then repeat the count of eight cards, and once again, turning the eighth card, we discover the third 8. Repeating the process one last time, we arrive at the discovery of the fourth 8. Well, even though we haven't found the chosen card, we have performed a miracle with a four-of-a-kind of 8s drawn from a shuffled deck. However, remembering that we used clues, knowing that the sum of the four 8s is equal to 32, we start counting thirty-two cards from the top of the deck, and upon reaching the 32nd card, turning it face up, it turns out to be the card chosen by the spectator.
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