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PeteGrant
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Location: Saranac Lake, New York
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 Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:57 am Post subject: Feb 17 Medium??? Puzzle |
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I solve about 50% of hard puzzles and usually do medium ones in 20 minutes or less, but this one has me stumped. So far, I have
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2 3 1 _ _ _ 9 7 6
4 _ _ 3 _ 7 _ _ _
8 7 _ 2 _ _ 4 _ _
3 5 _ 7 _ _ _ _ _
7 8 2 _ 3 _ 5 9 _
1 _ _ _ _ 2 _ 3 7
9 _ 7 _ _ 4 3 _ _
5 _ 3 8 _ 9 7 _ _
6 _ 8 _ 7 3 2 _ 9
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The Draw gives a hint to place a 9 in r6c2 but I can't see the logic behind that move. Can anyone clue me in on what I'm missing?
TIA
Pete
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geoff h
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Hi Pete,
Your problem may be that you have not copied the puzzle correctly. Today's puzzle has a 3 in r3c9 which you do not have.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Geoff. |
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Steve R
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Location: Birmingham, England
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject: Feb 17 Medium Puzzle |
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Pete
Geoff is right about the 3 but I am following up his note because I am not sure if this will help you very much. I think the logic behind the 9s is:
The 9 in box 2 (the upper middle box) is not in the first row so it must occupy column 5. As a result the 9 in the central box has to be placed in column 4 and the only position available in that column is r6c4.
Steve |
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Guest
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| The 9 in 3:3 leaves the 9 in 6:2 your only choice. |
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David Bryant
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Location: Denver, Colorado
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: Did you copy it to "Draw" correctly? |
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| PeteGrant wrote: | | The Draw gives a hint to place a 9 in r6c2 but I can't see the logic behind that move. Can anyone clue me in on what I'm missing? |
Hi, Pete!
Are you sure you keyed it in to the Draw program correctly? The reason I'm asking is that a "9" at r6c2 is clearly impossible, from the position you entered.
| Code: | 2 3 1 _ _ _ 9 7 6
4 _ _ 3 _ 7 _ _ _
8 7 _ 2 _ _ 4 _ 3
3 5 _ 7 _ _ _ _ _
7 8 2 _ 3 _ 5 9 _
1 _ _ _ _ 2 _ 3 7
9 _ 7 _ _ 4 3 _ _
5 _ 3 8 _ 9 7 _ _
6 _ 8 _ 7 3 2 _ 9 |
Looking at column 4 it's clear there must be a "9" at r6c4. There's already a "9" in the bottom center 3x3 box, and there are "9"s in rows 1 & 5, so r6c4 is the only place a "9" can fit in that column. And once that "9" is entered at r6c4 the only way to fit a "9" in column 2 is at r2c2.
I think you didn't enter the puzzle into Draw correctly, or it wouldn't have given that hint. dcb |
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alanr555
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
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Location: Bideford Devon EX39
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As a Medium puzzle, this one was solvable without any pencil
marks in the grid. However, I did find that marking "Missing"
profiles outside the grid for most of the rows and columns did
assist with the solution.
Sometimes the solution depends upon "Sole Position" or just
"Sole Candidate" and having the "Missing" profiles for each
row or column assists by not having to work out what is missing
each time that one considers a row or column.
This is useful for the technique of comparing the string of "Missing"
digits for a row with the contents of the intersecting column for
any blank cell in the row - and vice versa of course, If this reduces
the possibilities to two or three then a quick scan of the related
region will determine if a further reduction to just one value is possible.
I have no note of any reduction to congruent subsets for any row or
column and so just general logic seems to have been adequate.
Alan Rayner BS23 2QT
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