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Bern.B



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:05 pm    Post subject: More help please Reply with quote

Code:

+-----------------+------------------+------------+
| 2347  234  27   | 12369 2679 12679 | 8  19 5    |
| 8     1    6    | 29    5    4     | 7  3  29   |
| 2357  235  9    | 123   27   8     | 4  6  12   |
+-----------------+------------------+------------+
| 126   28   128  | 2689  4    3     | 5  7  169  |
| 14567 458  3    | 689   6789 679   | 2  19 1469 |
| 2467  9    27   | 5     1    267   | 36 8  346  |
+-----------------+------------------+------------+
| 35    7    58   | 4     689  569   | 1  2  36   |
| 12    6    4    | 7     3    12    | 9  5  8    |
| 9     2358 1258 | 1268  268  1256  | 36 4  7    |
+-----------------+------------------+------------+

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Hello,
Doing some puzzle from last year.
By using HINT r7,c1 is a 3.
Could someone tell me how this is arrived at?
Thanks
Bernie
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take a very close look at c36.
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Bern.B



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry Marty.
What is c36?
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bern.B wrote:
Sorry Marty.
What is c36?


Columns 3 and 6. C, r and b are commonly used as abbreviations for columns, rows and boxes and the ampersand or word "and" are not used when referring to multiples.

For example, r47c15 would refer to the four corners of a rectangle in rows 4 and 7 and columns 1 and 5.
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arkietech



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where does the 5 have to go in column 3?
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Bern.B



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I see it. Thanks
The 5 would have to go in either r7 or r9 since there is no 5 anywhere else in c3. Is this correct reasoning?
Is this called "a hidden pair"?
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arkietech



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No. a pair involves two digits

This is called a "Locked Candidate" LC

a 5 is locked to column 3 so it cannot occur in r7c1
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hughwill



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bern.B

There is a naked pair in column 3 (c3) - 27s which mean that all the other 2s
in c3 can be removed. But this doesn't answer your question

Row 7column 1 (r7c1)must be 3 because it cannot be 5 - there are two ways of proving it.

Firstly because there are no other 5s in c3 apart from those in box7 (b7), the
other 5s in b7 can be deleted. Since the only possibles in r7c1 are 35 this
just leaves the 3.

Or you can get to the same point with an X wing on 5s- the only 5s in c3 are
in rows 7 and 9 (r79) and the only 5s in c6 are also in r79. Therefore
the 5s for those rows must come from c3 and c6 and all other 5s on the rows
can be deleted.

Hugh
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Bern.B



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for all the help.
Bernie
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