The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[yalgaar]

I have 3 cells. The candidates for them are as follows:

Cell 1: 1,2,3
Cell 2: 1,2
Cell 3: 1,3

Is it valid to take out "1" from each cell which would give me the following result:

Cell 3 as "3"
Cell 2 as "2"
Cell 1 as "1"

Is tha above logic valid? If not is there any other way to solve this?

Thanks

[Hud]

I'd say "no and no". You need more info to do anything with that few clues.

[ab]

Cell 1: 1,2,3
Cell 2: 1,2
Cell 3: 1,3

given these clues you could have:
cell 1: 1
cell 2: 2
cell 3: 3
OR
cell 1: 2
cell 2: 1
cell 3: 3
OR
cell 1: 3
cell 2: 2
cell 3: 1

which of these happens in your puzzle will depend on other squares!

[Pi]

If you have a naked, pair locked candidate etc then it may be appropriate to remove the 1 but not otherwise.

Why not post your grid.

[yalgaar]

If you have a naked, pair locked candidate etc then it may be appropriate to remove the 1 but not otherwise.

Why not post your grid.

I don't have a grid. I was just trying to develop logics. I come across the mentioned situation many times while solving.

[MCC]

Cell 1: 1,2,3
Cell 2: 1,2
Cell 3: 1,3

As it stands this a naked triple, the numbers 1,2,3 can be removed from any other cells in that row, column or block in which it appears.

MCC