Hi guys. Please can you help with Puzzle number 500 from the actuary magazine. Puzzle 502 is quite fun - I solved it in about 3 minutes but puzzle 500 is the prize puzzle and is quite tricky I think.
http://www.theactuary.com/puzzles-and-g ... pril-2012/
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Kirk
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Logic puzzle
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Re: Logic puzzle
I'm sure someone could write a program to solve this. The key is to have the sum of each row and column equalling 28 and containing 1-7 only once. There can't be too many permutations of this...then it just needs to be juggled so the right sums are there for the centre squares.
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Will this be another one where Graeme Cole solves it and you get the prize?
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Charlie Reams wrote:Will this be another one where Graeme Cole solves it and you get the prize?
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I haven't won to date but possibly lol. We're friendly folk here.Charlie Reams wrote:Will this be another one where Graeme Cole solves it and you get the prize?
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Done, and just sent you the whole spreadsheet so you can pick which one of the 1,258 solutions you wish to useKirk Bevins wrote:I'm sure someone could write a program to solve this. The key is to have the sum of each row and column equalling 28 and containing 1-7 only once. There can't be too many permutations of this...then it just needs to be juggled so the right sums are there for the centre squares.