DC Sudoku Strategy - Example #2, Easy, Steps 25-27

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Steps 25-27

Step 25
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Single Possibility

The purple highlighted row is only missing the number 4 and only has one empty tile. That tile must be a 4.

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Step 26
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Elimination, then Single Possibility

The purple highlighted column is missing the numbers 4 and 5. The red highlighted 5 eliminates one the tiles from being a 5. The pink highlighted 4 eliminates one of the tiles from being a 4... or, fill in the 5 and there is only one spot left for the 4.

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Step 27
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Elimination, then Single Possibility

The highlighted row is missing the numbers 1 and 3 and has two empty tiles. The red highlighted 3 eliminates one of the tiles, the other one must be a 3. That leaves a single tile to be the 1.

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