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The Maths Wizard (Posted on 2023-11-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Tom, Dick, and Harry are the prisoners of the Maths Wizard. The Wizard shows them a box with each of the digits 1 through 9 exactly TWICE, and tells them he will place 6 of these 18 digits on each one's forehead to form a perfect square. Each person can see the numbers on the others' foreheads, but not on his own.

The Wizard announced, "I will set each of you free as soon as you can tell me the number on your forehead. Nobody is allowed to communicate with any other person in any way. You get only one guess each."

Tom, Dick, and Harry sat in silence for several hours, filling up pages of calculations. Getting bored, the Wizard said, "Hey, I had thought you were clever guys. All right, I'll give each one of you just one hint. Tom, the square root of your number is a palindrome. Dick, the square root of your number is not a palindrome. Harry, any two adjacent digits of your number differ at most by 3."

And then the Wizard's castle echoed, "GOT IT !!!" as they all shouted together.
What were the numbers on each person's forehead?

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Tom = 543169, Dick = 139876, Harry = 874225.

For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Larry in this location.

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SolutionNo SubjectLarry2023-11-15 10:27:23
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