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Arithmetic Grid II (Posted on 2014-06-12) Difficulty: 3 of 5
In the following grid:

(1) The numbers in each column form an increasing arithmetic sequence
(2) The numbers in each row form an increasing arithmetic sequence
(3) The X's in each spot indicate how many digits are in the number
(4) A is at least 1200
(5) B is at least 2900

+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|  0| XX|  XX|  XX|  XX|  XX|  XX| XXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| XX|XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|XXX|XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|XXX|XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX| XXX|XXXX|XXXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|XXX|XXX| XXX| XXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|XXX|XXX| XXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|XXX|XXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|XXX|XXX|   A|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXX|   B|
+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+
Reconstruct the grid.
An analytic solution is preferred.

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Solution The program method Comment 2 of 2 |
DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$, grid(8, 8)

Function mform$(x, t$)
  a$ = Format$(x, t$)
  If Len(a$) < Len(t$) Then a$ = Space$(Len(t$) - Len(a$)) & a$
  mform$ = a$
End Function

Private Sub Form_Load()
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf$ = Chr(13) + Chr(10)
 Form1.Visible = True
 DoEvents
  
 grid(1, 1) = 0
 For b = 2900 To 20000
  grid(8, 8) = b
  For a = 1200 To 1897
   grid(8, 3) = a
   row8incr = (b - a) / 5
   If row8incr = Int(row8incr) Then
    If a - row8incr < 1000 And a - 2 * row8incr > 99 And a + row8incr > 999 And b - row8incr < 10000 Then
      For i = 1 To 7
       grid(8, i) = a + row8incr * (i - 3)
      Next
      For ur = 100 To 999
        row1incr = ur / 7
        col8incr = (b - ur) / 7
        If row1incr = Int(row1incr) And col8incr = Int(col8incr) Then
         If ur + 2 * col8incr < 1000 And ur + 3 * col8incr > 999 And ur - row1incr < 100 Then
          For i = 1 To 7
            grid(i, 8) = ur + (i - 1) * col8incr
          Next
          If grid(8, 1) Mod 7 = 0 Then
            col1incr = grid(8, 1) / 7
            If col1incr > 10 And col1incr < 100 Then
             If 2 * col1incr > 99 Then
               For i = 2 To 7
                 grid(i, 1) = (i - 1) * col1incr
               Next
               good = 1
               For row = 2 To 7
                 Select Case row
                  Case 2, 3
                   last3 = 8
                  Case 4
                   last3 = 6
                  Case 5
                   last3 = 4
                  Case 6
                   last3 = 3
                  Case 7
                   last3 = 2
                 End Select
                 rowincr = (grid(row, 8) - grid(row, 1)) / 7
                 If rowincr <> Int(rowincr) Then
                   good = 0: Exit For
                 End If
                 If grid(row, 1) + rowincr < 100 Or grid(row, 1) + (last3 - 1) * rowincr > 999 Then
                   good = 0: Exit For
                 End If
                 If row > 3 Then
                   If grid(row, 1) + rowincr * last3 < 1000 Then
                     good = 0: Exit For
                   End If
                 End If
                 For cl = 2 To 7
                  grid(row, cl) = grid(row, 1) + (cl - 1) * rowincr
                 Next
               Next row
               If good Then
                For cl = 2 To 7
                  grid(1, cl) = (cl - 1) * row1incr
                Next
                GoSub showit
               End If
             End If
            End If
          End If
         End If
        End If
      Next ur
    End If
   End If
  Next a
 Next b
 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "done"
Exit Sub
showit:
     Text1.Text = Text1.Text & mform(a, "#####0") & mform(b, "#####0") & crlf
     For rw = 1 To 8
     For cl = 1 To 8
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & mform(grid(rw, cl), "####0")
     Next: Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf
     Next: Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf
     DoEvents
     sctr = sctr + 1: If sctr > 10 Then Exit Sub
 Return
End Sub


finds


  1220  2905
    0   15   30   45   60   75   90  105
   78  139  200  261  322  383  444  505
  156  263  370  477  584  691  798  905
  234  387  540  693  846  999 1152 1305
  312  511  710  909 1108 1307 1506 1705
  390  635  880 1125 1370 1615 1860 2105
  468  759 1050 1341 1632 1923 2214 2505
  546  883 1220 1557 1894 2231 2568 2905
  
the first line showing A and B.  After that is the whole grid.  

The program did not have to check the vertical columns (other that the first and last) for being in arithmetic progression; that came about automatically from the horizontal considerations together with the beginning and end column.

  Posted by Charlie on 2014-06-12 23:44:27
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