Using all the digits from 1 to 9 fill in the squares to fit the stated totals.
What is the sum of the digits in 2 diagonals?
Remember to include the central square twice in your count.
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Let the numbers be:
A D G B E H C F I
Start with the middle column: B + E − H = 9 . There are only 2 likely cases: ( B + E = 3 ) × ( H = 1 ) or ( B + E = 9 ) × ( H = 1 ) . In both cases H = 1 .
Case 1 is not acceptable because E is too small for D × E − F = 2 9 .
For case 2, ( B , E ) cannot be ( 8 , 1 ) , because H = 1 . Let's start with ( 7 , 2 ) ; 2 is too small for E for D × E − F = 2 9 . Therefore, B = 2 , E = 7 .
Now, consider D × 7 − F = 2 9 . Then D must be 5 and then F = 6 .
Now, C + 6 − I = 1 . Since H = 1 , B = 2 , then C = 3 , 4 so that I = 8 , 9 . If C = 3 , then A = 2 = B , which is unacceptable. Therefore, C = 4 , and I = 9 and A = 3 .
And it leaves G = 8 . Since 3 − 5 − 8 = − 1 0 and 8 × 1 − 9 = − 1 are true, therefore, G = 8 is correct.
The sum of the two diagonals = A + E + I + C + E + G
= 3 + 7 + 9 + 4 + 7 + 8 = 3 8 .