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More or less magic square (Posted on 2004-06-22)

Fill a 3x3 square with the numbers from 1 to 9, so the four sides and the two diagonals share the same sum, which is to be as large as possible.

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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Three distinct squares

| Comment 3 of 11 |

There are only three really unique squares that meet the conditions of the puzzle:

sum=12

1 8 3

9 7 5

2 6 4

sum=15

2 7 6

9 5 1

4 3 8

sum=18

6 4 8

5 3 1

7 2 9

Posted by Penny on 2004-06-22 11:54:15

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