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Introduction Kakuro

Kakuro is a puzzle where numbers are filled into cells such that the sums in each row and column block equal the clues provided. There are three stages to solve a Kakuro puzzle: 1) fill in single-number rows and columns, 2) determine cells where only one number can fit, and 3) find unique sums that can only be derived one way and place the numbers accordingly. The goal is to deduce the numbers in each cell without repeating digits in a row or column.

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Introduction Kakuro

Kakuro is a puzzle where numbers are filled into cells such that the sums in each row and column block equal the clues provided. There are three stages to solve a Kakuro puzzle: 1) fill in single-number rows and columns, 2) determine cells where only one number can fit, and 3) find unique sums that can only be derived one way and place the numbers accordingly. The goal is to deduce the numbers in each cell without repeating digits in a row or column.

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數和 Kakuro

Kakuro is like a crossword puzzle with numbers. The objective is to fill appropriate numbers
in the cells such that the clues in the black cells tells the sum of the numbers in the
row/column next to that clue.

Rule:
1) Each cell can contain numbers from 1 through 9.
2) The total sum of all numbers in each row block equals the sum number shown on its left
and the total sum of all numbers in each column block equals the sum number shown
above.
3) The numbers in consecutive white cells must be unique.

Example

14 16
16
17 8
29
5
14 1
Stage 1:
Find all rows/columns contain one number. The number in the cell is equal to the clue.

14 16
16
17 8
29
5
14 1
5 1

Stage 2:
Fill in the cells that can be determined.

14 16
16
17 8
29
8 7
5
14 1
5 9 1

Stage 3:
Since numbers cannot be used repeatedly in each row/column. We should find some sums which have unique
solution, like 16  7  9 , 17  8  9 , 29  5  7  8  9 …, and determine the positions of the numbers.

14 16
16
9 7
17 8
29
8 5 9 7
5
14 1
5 9 1

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