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Help please!

Postby pontios999 » Thu May 11, 2023 7:09 am

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Re: Help please!

Postby Leren » Thu May 11, 2023 8:51 pm

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*----------------------------------------------------------*
| 27   4      2379  | 35    359    8       | 1    25    6  |
| 168  5      138   | 136   36     2       | 4    9     7  |
| 126  129    129   | 7     4569   49-16   | 25   8     3  |
|-------------------+----------------------+---------------|
| 5    12789  6     | 4     237   $37      | 2379 1237  18 |
| 3    278    2478  | 9     1      5       | 6    247   48 |
| 127  1279   12479 | 236   8     $367     | 2379 12347 5  |
|-------------------+----------------------+---------------|
|*178 *1378   5     |*13    49-37   49-137 |*378  6     2  |
| 4    123678 1278  | 12356 23567 $1367    | 3578 1357  9  |
| 9    12367  127   | 8     23567 $1367    | 357  13457 14 |
*----------------------------------------------------------*

A couple of naked quads. The first is 1378 in Row 8 Cells marked *. The second is 1367 in column 6 cells marked $.

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Re: Help please!

Postby pontios999 » Thu May 11, 2023 9:24 pm

Thanks! Didn't know that there are quads!
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Re: Help please!

Postby Leren » Fri May 12, 2023 4:27 am

Read about Naked Quads here. Leren
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Postby Pat » Fri May 12, 2023 5:50 am

quads are important...

but r7 has "hidden" pair

likewise c6
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