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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Puzzle 33 - Number Grid
In
the grid shown, a number is to be placed in each smaller square so that the
product of all the three numbers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same
positive number. Find the sum of x and
y.
3 comments:
X+Y=36
i got x+y = 771
with the grid being as follows:
_______ _______ _______ __110592
___6___|__192__|__96___|_110592
__768__|___48__|__3____|_110592
___24__|___12__|__384__|_110592
_110592__110592__110592__110592
with the fourth row and column being the product of elements along the row/column/diagonal
(underscores were used to align the elements into a table)
Good to get in touch again with you Aashay ... Your answer is correct.
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