Magic Triangles
Nine of the ten digits are places as below on each of 2 triangles.
- The sum along each triangle side was 14
- The missing digit in the first triangle was different from the missing digit
in the second.
What were the missing digits?
Answer:
The missing digits are 6 and 7
- Construct equations for the sums of the triangles:
(A+B+C+D)+(D+E+F+G)+(G+H+I+J)=42
- The sum of the ten digits is 45; let j represent the missing digit
A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I=45-J
Subtracting, we get:A+D+G=J-3
- So since A+D+G must be 3 or greater, and j < 9
A+D+G must be between 3 and 6; J must be between 6 and 9
There are two sets of solution:
And:
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