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Thread ID: 132676 2013-05-19 23:31:00 Trick Sudoku question BBCmicro (15761) PC World Chat
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1342006 2013-05-20 00:30:00 No, but Dugimodo inching towards the answer

(The answer has similar level of quirkiness to the old kid's puzzle

Make a square by moving just one match: )

Don't you just move the single match and use it to move the others into form a square? :D
lordnoddy (3645)
1342007 2013-05-20 01:20:00 The 5 can go in anyone of the top two boxes boxes.
Interesting point I noticed - in the far right box, the 8 & 3 could both go wherever, either the top left or the top right. Perfectly interchangeable.
Nick G (16709)
1342008 2013-05-20 01:35:00 Don't you just move the single match and use it to move the others into form a square? :D

No - that would be cheating!

(And No to Nick G. There is a definite answer for the 5)
BBCmicro (15761)
1342009 2013-05-20 01:40:00 well if its not in the top left corner of the left box, its in the right hand top corner of the left box. Reason, - its the only other place it can go and BBCmicro says the top left corner is wrong :P Iantech (16386)
1342010 2013-05-20 01:48:00 well if its not in the top left corner of the left box, its in the right hand top corner of the left box. Reason, - its the only other place it can go and BBCmicro says the top left corner is wrong :P

This :p
pcuser42 (130)
1342011 2013-05-20 02:01:00 The match one I know, you just slide one out slightly so the 4 ends form a small square between them all.
As for the sudoku, I can see no way to eliminate one of the top two squares without seeing the rest of the puzzle so my anwser is "beside the 4"
dugimodo (138)
1342012 2013-05-20 02:13:00 Geeze guys ... you must all have a case of Brown Bottle Malaria this morning ... it's staring you straight in the eyes !

However, in an effort not to embarrass all of you ... I shall wait until someone gets the answer correct, confirm said answer, and declare the winner ... :thumbs:
SP8's (9836)
1342013 2013-05-20 02:21:00 I shall wait until someone gets the answer correct, confirm said answer

And we are just supposed to take it on faith you knew it before someone else got the answer...... :P
dugimodo (138)
1342014 2013-05-20 03:00:00 And we are just supposed to take it on faith you knew it before someone else got the answer...... :P

Of course dugimodo ... I am a scholar and a gentleman ... and don't particular like your inference that I would be less than honest in my judgement ... :D
SP8's (9836)
1342015 2013-05-20 03:00:00 OK here's the answer that Sp8's has in mind ;)

Newspapers don't want to be bothered printing more than one answer and insist that there be just one soution. If the 5 were in the third cell, that would put 6 and 9 vertically in both the first and second block. There is no way that the rest of the puzzle, covered up, could sort out whether it's (69, 96) or (96, 69). Therefore there would be two solutions. So the 5 cannot be in the third cell and must be in the first cell.

Thanks for the entries. There were no winners and just one loser - me! I still have a 50 kg modem to dispose of ;)

And now I have some chores to do................
BBCmicro (15761)
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