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Magic Square

I will be using the numbers 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45. To find the magic
number, I added all the numbers which gave me the total of 225, then divided by 3
because the matrix I will be using is a 3x3. The total is 75, so the magic number is
75.
Then I found the 8 combinations
45+25+5=75
45+20+10=75
40+30+5=75
40+25+10=75
40+20+15=75
35+30+10=75
35+25+15=75
30+25+20=75

By making a table I can see how many time each number was used.
Number
s
Number
of times
used

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Since the number 25 was used 4 times it will be the number in the middle. The
numbers that are used 3 times will be in the corners and the rest will be the fillers.
We just have to make sure all the numbers add up to 75 on each row, column and
diagonal.

10
46
20

35
25
15

30
5
40

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