After solving the puzzle in the last Sphinx's Riddle , you were facing yet another Sphinx guarding another exit portal. (It was indeed a complex pyramid!)
Once more, there were 9 stone tablets arranged in a square, and behind each tablet hid a distinct digit from 1-9 inclusively. Like before, you had to answer every number correctly; otherwise, you'd be eaten alive!
Then the Sphinx gave you 3 clues for the 3 rows of the square:
Clue for Row #1 : is prime . The 2-digit is prime. The 3-digit is prime and is the sum of a cube and .
Clue for Row #2 : is composite. is composite. is the difference between two squares .
Clue for Row #3 : is a perfect square. is a perfect square. is the sum of two different squares.
What is the value of the 9-digit integer ?
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Considering the third row, G can only 1 , 4 , or 9 . However, there's no square for the ninety-odds, so G H can only be 1 6 or 4 9 . Then the sum of two squares can be 1 6 4 = 1 0 2 + 8 2 or 4 9 3 = 1 8 2 + 1 3 2 .
If 4 9 3 is used, there will be 3 odd digits left: 1 , 5 , and 7 . For the conditions in the first row, A must be prime while the number tailing it will also make it prime. Therefore, B & C can't be even as it will be composite, and it can't be 5 either because it will make the number divisible by 5 . Thus, the values of B & C are either 1 or 7 , and the prime A can only be 5 or 2 . However, combining the first two digits will result in: 2 1 , 2 7 , 5 1 , and 5 7 . None of them are prime, so for the third row, 4 9 3 isn't applicable.
Now if 1 6 4 is used, the remaining odd numbers will be: 3 , 5 , 7 , & 9 . From the reasons discussed above, two of these odd numbers will fall upon B and C . Then, the new possibilities for A B C will be: 2 3 9 , 2 9 3 , 3 7 9 , 3 9 7 , 5 3 9 , 5 9 3 , or 7 3 9 . Of all these primes, only 2 3 9 = 2 3 + 6 3 . Hence, A B C = 2 3 9 .
Then the 3 last digits left are 5 , 7 , & 8 . To start with a composite digit, D must be 8 , and 8 7 5 = 3 0 2 − 5 2 while 8 5 7 is prime. Therefore, D E F = 8 7 5 .
As a result, A B C D E F G H I = 2 3 9 8 7 5 1 6 4 .