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@Melli: there's a way to solve it with no 4 in the first row...
Matthew
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@Matthew: But if the second digit has to be even and the numbers 1-9 only have 3,4 or 5 letters, the second digit HAS to be a 4... (i double checked the english spellings)
Melli
on /blog/58
               
@Melli: the second digit doesn't need to be even, only the final digit of the second column must be even (the column contains a three digit even number). I'm going to add a clarification to make this clearer.
Matthew
on /blog/58
               
@Matthew: Oooh ...
Melli
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