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What price glory? (Posted on 2020-08-12) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A drawer is divided into 9 square boxes, creating a 3*3 grid.
Your task is to create a "magic square" by putting a distinct amount of money in each of the boxes in a way that all of the 8 sums (vertical, horizontal and diagonal) will be the same.
Only standard American coins are allowed, i.e. 1,5,10,25,50, and 100c.

What is the minimal amount of coins ?
Show their distribution.

  Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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14 coins Is enough. See solvers’ solutions.

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  Subject Author Date
Solutionre(2): A better solution? ...spoilerAdy TZIDON2020-08-13 05:49:51
re: A better solution? (Thinking outside the box)Dej Mar2020-08-13 04:50:11
A better solution? (Thinking outside the box)Steve Herman2020-08-12 23:00:28
Another SolutionBrian Smith2020-08-12 13:28:07
a solutionxdog2020-08-12 10:34:53
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