CIRCLING THE SQUARES

 

The puzzle is to place a different number in each of the ten squares so that the sum of the squares of any two adjacent numbers shall be equal to the sum of the squares of the two numbers diametrically opposite to them. The four numbers placed, as examples, must stand as they are. The square of `16` is `256`, and the square of `2` is `4`. Add these together, and the result is `260`. Also—the square of `14` is `196`, and the square of `8` is `64`. These together also make `260`. Now, in precisely the same way, B and C should be equal to G and H (the sum will not necessarily be `260`), A and K to F and E, H and I to C and D, and so on, with any two adjoining squares in the circle.

All you have to do is to fill in the remaining six numbers. Fractions are not allowed, and I shall show that no number need contain more than two figures.


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Number Theory Arithmetic Algebra
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