Problem 1087. Magic is simple (for beginners)
Determine for a magic square of order n, the magic sum m. For example m=15 for a magic square of order 3.
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Patrick
on 11 Jul 2022
Would be nice to include a image of magic square for those who are not familiar with it
Joseph Principe
on 30 Jul 2022
Good problem
Farooq
on 22 Sep 2022
I use the sum(n) and it gives me 15 for all the rows or the columns. What is wrong with this, because it does not accept this answer. I also calculated the sum of the first row to get just 15 once, still it does not accept it.
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