I did think about it and came to the same conclusion as you. I was going to post it but you beat me to it. ;-) Also, I did an extremely easy Sudoku today while in the middle of cooking and realised that knowing that numbers split up (2 go one way and the third goes the other way) does not help in solving the puzzle.
going offline for the last day of Passover.... Avital Sue Babbs wrote: > Thinking about it: > if the 3 5 and 6 are in the top row of the first block > then they can't be in the top row of the second block > or the top row of the third block. > > Taking the second block first: > 3,5 & 6 can be positioned so that > all are in the second row > > or they can be split so that one of them is in the second row and two in the > third row > > or 2 of them in the second row and one of them in the third row > > or all are in the third row. > > Similarly with the third block (but with more restrictions based on what has > happened in the second block). > > So, yes, it is inevitable that at least 2 of them will stay together in each > of the second and third blocks, because there aren't enough rows to spread > them any other way. > Sue > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
