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		arkietech
 
 
  Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:36 am    Post subject: Vanhegan extreme October 5, 2012 | 
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 |.4.|31.|..2|
 
 |..2|..9|8..|
 
 |1..|62.|...|
 
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 |..9|...|.56|
 
 |..6|...|2..|
 
 |82.|...|1..|
 
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 |...|.35|..9|
 
 |..1|4..|5..|
 
 |7..|.61|.2.|
 
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		arkietech
 
 
  Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1834 Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:41 pm    Post subject:  | 
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 |b569    4     c578    | 3      1      78     | 679    67     2      |
 
 | 36     367    2      | 57     457    9      | 8      3467   1      |
 
 | 1     a3789   378    | 6      2      478    | 3479   347    5      |
 
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 | 34     137    9      | 1278   478    2347   | 347    5      6      |
 
 | 345    1357   6      | 1579   4579   347    | 2      34789  3478   |
 
 | 8      2      3457   | 579    4579   6      | 1      3479   347    |
 
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 | 246    68     48     | 278    3      5      | 467    1      9      |
 
 | 2369   3689   1      | 4      789    27     | 5      3678   378    |
 
 | 7     e358-9 d3458   | 89     6      1      | 34     2      348    |
 
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L2-Wing
 
9r3c2=(9-5)r1c1=r1c3-r9c3=5r9c2 => -9r9c2; lclste
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:44 pm    Post subject:  | 
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		tlanglet
 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:50 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				9r8c1=(9-5)r1c1=r1c3-r9c3=r9c2 => -9r9c2
 
 
My solution is very similar to Dan's, so I looked for a totally different alternate but, after spending more than an hour, gave up. 
 
 
Danny, if you read this I would be interested in what your programs finds.
 
 
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		daj95376
 
 
  Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3854
 
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				 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:13 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | tlanglet wrote: | 	 		  My solution is very similar to Dan's, so I looked for a totally different alternate but, after spending more than an hour, gave up. 
 
 
Danny, if you read this I would be interested in what your programs finds.
 
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The only "reasonable" solutions found by my solver were L2-Wings like you and Dan posted. | 
			 
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