Monday, March 12, 2012

consecutive sum is perfect square

Arrange numbers from 1 to 16 such that the sum of every two consecutive numbers in the arrangement is a perfect square (you can use a number only once).
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  1. SudMarch 12, 2012 at 1:29 AM

    16 9 7 2 14 11 5 4 12 13 3 6 10 15 1 8

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  2. Alpi AgarwalJuly 2, 2012 at 2:15 AM

    the sum of first two numbers itself is not a perfect square in the above answer.
    The answer will be :
    8,1,15,10,6,3,13,12,4,5,11,14,2,7,9,16

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  3. SudJuly 2, 2012 at 2:58 AM

    @Alpi--I guess 16+9=25 is a perfect square..I am not able to understand you..Please elaborate

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