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| FireMag3
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: Help please |
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Hi, I started playing this game yesterday and liked it
But I tried solving one for a long time and didnt manage to get any further from some point. Can anyone tell me what I should do next?
here's a ss
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| Sartak
| | Joined: 06 Apr 2006 | | Posts: 3 | | : | |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Help please |
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Being bored I typed your board into the software I use, to produce a text-based version of your progress:
| Code: | *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
| 7 15 39 | 4 1369 2 | 8 35 3569 |
| 2 6 389 | 5 389 7 | 349 1 349 |
| 14 145 389 | 369 13689 368 | 3679 2 35679 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 19 19 4 | 8 5 36 | 2 7 36 |
| 356 8 56 | 7 2 346 | 1346 9 1346 |
| 36 7 2 | 369 3469 1 | 5 8 346 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 4689 2 67 | 36 34678 3468 | 13479 345 134579 |
| 458 3 57 | 1 478 9 | 47 6 2 |
| 469 49 1 | 2 3467 5 | 3479 34 8 |
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* |
If your software supports it, please use this kind of thing; it really helps. I don't recognize what software you're using (and it doesn't really have a Googlable name), so I can't tell you how to produce text-based versions of your board.
Now, on with the help. In column eight, the four is limited to box nine (the only other unknown cell is the one that could be a three or a five in row 1). That means, if column eight is to have a four (which it, of course, has to), it will have to come from box nine. So, you know the four in box nine is coming from column eight. You can then eliminate four from the rest of box nine. This is known by some as "locked candidates (2)". After doing this, the puzzle should be broken.
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| FireMag3
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Help please |
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I did manage to solve it taking those 4s out =)
I had been using already the locked candidates but it seems I overlooked a place where I could use it
thanks a lot
and I'll get the program everyone seems to use |
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