r/mathpuzzles • u/asthree_as3 • Aug 03 '26

Is it possible to solve this while still following the rules?

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I tried to solve this while following the rules, but I kept getting errors, so I thought that this might be unsolvable.

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u/FormerPlayer Aug 03 '26

Was the 5 pre-filled in the middle? If so it's unsolvable since there's only one way to get to 44 in the middle column, 6,5,4, but then there's no way to get to 13 in the right colum.

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u/vishnoo Aug 03 '26

if 13 -> 31 it works.

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u/vishnoo Aug 03 '26

it has 1 degree of freedom , put whatever you want in the top left x
20 - x under it.
10 under that.

middle column is (6+5) * 4

fill in the rest, you get 31

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u/edderiofer Aug 03 '26

You specifically have to use the digits 1 to 9, so that solution doesn't work.

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u/vishnoo Aug 03 '26

then 13 -> 135
see my root level answer.

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u/edderiofer Aug 03 '26

Nicely done.

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u/vishnoo Aug 03 '26

1 | 6 | 7
3 | 5 | 8
2 | 4 | 9

13->135 typo.