DC Sudoku Strategy - Example #2, Easy, Steps 16-18

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Steps 16-18

Step 16
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Simple Elimination

The purple highlighted square is missing the number 7. The red highlighted 7 eliminates all but one of the empty tiles in this square. The remaining empty tile must be a 7.

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Step 17
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Single Possibility

The purple highlighted square is missing the number 3 and only has one empty tile. That tile must be a 3.

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Step 18
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Single Possibility

The highlighted row only has one empty tile. That tile must be the missing number, 2.

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