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Anyone want to try to help me on a Sudoku problem?

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Originally posted by: Jikininki
CRAP! i freakin saved it as a .pdf file by accident cause all the scans here are automatically saved as such.

OMG..this is taking longer than expected. LOL. just give me a few mins folks....i'm experiencing technical difficulties.
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LOL. No problem. I just got a phone call and have to go out. I'll check this thread when I get back. Good luck, OP and everyone feverishly working on it! 🙂
 
4 6 2 | 8 7 3 | 9 5 1
5 9 7 | 1 6 2 | 3 8 4
8 3 1 | 9 4 5 | 2 6 7
-------+-------+------
1 4 5 | 2 8 7 | 6 3 9
7 2 9 | 3 1 6 | 5 4 8
6 8 3 | 4 5 9 | 7 1 2
-------+-------+------
2 7 4 | 6 3 8 | 1 9 5
9 1 6 | 5 2 4 | 8 7 3
3 5 8 | 7 9 1 | 4 2 6
 
I don't guess. All is based on simple deduction

462*739*1
5971*****
8319****7
145287639
729*****8
683**9712
274****95
9*6*24*73
3*879**2*

Updated!

I guess I won't go to lunch until I finish
 
Originally posted by: newnameman
4 6 2 | 8 7 3 | 9 5 1
5 9 7 | 1 6 2 | 3 8 4
8 3 1 | 9 4 5 | 2 6 7
-------+-------+------
1 4 5 | 2 8 7 | 6 3 9
7 2 9 | 3 1 6 | 5 4 8
6 8 3 | 4 5 9 | 7 1 2
-------+-------+------
2 7 4 | 6 3 8 | 1 9 5
9 1 6 | 5 2 4 | 8 7 3
3 5 8 | 7 9 1 | 4 2 6
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That's kewl...but I don't think the OP wanted all the answers. LOL. I think she just wanted the next step so she could work on it on her way home.

But...congrats! Gotta fo out for a while...Byeeeeeee
 
Originally posted by: Jikininki
CRAP! i freakin saved it as a .pdf file by accident cause all the scans here are automatically saved as such.

OMG..this is taking longer than expected. LOL. just give me a few mins folks....i'm experiencing technical difficulties.


http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Jikininki/sudoku.JPG

You can see what I wrote it.

i got it by writing out all the numbers each column/row needed on the side....and through process of elimination I got the 9.

If you look down the column where the 9 is..you'll see that the numbers it still needs is 1,2,4,6,9.

if you look at the 3x3 box and the ROW where the 9 is..you'll see that that particular box can't have a 1, 2, 4, or 6. so the only logical conclusion is a 9.

YEP! 🙂
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Holy Crap. :thumbsup: Nice Job, Jikininki. Thanks. Printing it out and giving it a look.
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: pontifex
1st time i've seen a sudoku board.
i've heard of it but never saw it or tried it. whats the point or object to it?
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each row will have only one instance of 1-9
each column will have only one instance of 1-9
each 3X3 square will have only one instance of 1-9

All 3 rules must apply to win the game.
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the rows and columns is across the whole board right? thats where i was getting confused
 
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: pontifex
1st time i've seen a sudoku board.
i've heard of it but never saw it or tried it. whats the point or object to it?
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each row will have only one instance of 1-9
each column will have only one instance of 1-9
each 3X3 square will have only one instance of 1-9

All 3 rules must apply to win the game.
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the rows and columns is across the whole board right? thats where i was getting confused
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Yes, so you are matching across the whole board in botht the horizontal and the vertical as well as matching only in the 3x3 squares. It is a fun game 🙂
 
I wrote a sudoku solver in excel that, given the current board, will tell you what squares are solvable and their values. It's really useful when you're stuck and just can't fill anything in. I can post the file if you want.

In your current game (what I have so far from above) the only thing you can deduce is that row 4 column 9 is a 9. Hope that helps.
 
i just got another one. lol

we can't figure out the 3's in the middle boxes......

but because of ^^^ you get the 3 next to the 9 (that I got earlier). there's no other place it could be.


edit:

kekeke..and therefore you've got the 7 also in that same main box...in the lower left corner. w00t.

edit 2:

ok...so i didn't see this before but w/ that 9 that i got...the box ALL the way to the left that's empy HAS to be a 1...and therefore that first left column is all filled out.

okies..it's 5pm. time for me to go. GL to all who are working on this! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Jikininki
CRAP! i freakin saved it as a .pdf file by accident cause all the scans here are automatically saved as such.

OMG..this is taking longer than expected. LOL. just give me a few mins folks....i'm experiencing technical difficulties.


http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Jikininki/sudoku.JPG

You can see what I wrote it.

i got it by writing out all the numbers each column/row needed on the side....and through process of elimination I got the 9.

If you look down the column where the 9 is..you'll see that the numbers it still needs is 1,2,4,6,9.

if you look at the 3x3 box and the ROW where the 9 is..you'll see that that particular box can't have a 1, 2, 4, or 6. so the only logical conclusion is a 9.

YEP! 🙂
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I went through the elimination process with that same cell and missed the four! Dang it, good work.

In general, I solve sudoku's by
1) Number by number filling in cells
2) Row/column/square completing sets
3) cell by cell process of elimination (what can/cannot play in a given cell, if you find only one number, that must be it).

Option 3 is the most time consuming (of course). Also, you can use filled in rows/columns within a square to determine what row/column a number must play in to help with all three strategies.

R

 
I was going to help, but I ended up just solving it.

Once I start one I find it almost impossible to stop until it's completed. 😛
 
Originally posted by: xcript
I was going to help, but I ended up just solving it.

Once I start one I find it almost impossible to stop until it's completed. 😛
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Yeah...the puzzles are definately addictive.

OP...did you ever get it solved? I just got home and re-read this thread. 🙂
 
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