{"id":23997,"date":"2023-01-29T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=23997"},"modified":"2023-02-05T06:20:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T14:20:42","slug":"microsoft-puzzle-hunt-bonus-3-4-kibo-by-thomas-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/microsoft-puzzle-hunt-bonus-3-4-kibo-by-thomas-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Puzzle Hunt Bonus (3\/4): KIB\u014c by Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>See these earlier posts <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/microsoft-puzzle-hunt-bonus-1-4-explorer-by-thomas-snyder\/>1<\/a>, <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/microsoft-puzzle-hunt-bonus-2-4-kepler-by-thomas-snyder\/>2<\/a> for the other Microsoft Puzzle Hunt challenges<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/Kib\u014d.pdf\">Puzzle PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 432nd puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hints (in <a href=http:\/\/www.rot13.com\/>rot13<\/a>):<\/b><br \/>\n1. <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\"> How do I get started? Gurfr ner bcrengvbayrff GbzGbz\/XraXra chmmyrf, rnpu jvgu n havdhr vagrtre frg gnxvat svir inyhrf sebz 1-25 naq ab inyhr funerq npebff tevqf. <\/span><br \/>\n2. <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\"> I\u2019m stumped. How do I break into the puzzles? Znal pyhrf ner cynlshyyl qrprcgvir. 49 qbrf ybbx yvxr 7 gvzrf 7 gvzrf 1. Ohg vg pna nyfb or bgure fhzf yvxr 2K cyhf 2K cyhf L. Nyy guerr 49 pntrf va gurfr nafjref unir n ercrngrq ahzore. Vg znl nyfb uryc gb xabj gur bcrengvbaf sebz yrsg gb evtug va gur frpbaq ebjf ner {+, +, \u00d7}, {+, \u00d7, +}, {+, \u00d7, -}, {-, +, \u00d7}, naq {\u00f7, +, -} va fbzr beqrevat bs gur tevqf. <\/span><br \/>\n3. <span style=\"color: white; background-color: white;\"> How do I get a final answer? Juvyr gur tevqf ner tvira va {1,?,?,?,?} gb {5,?,?,?,?} beqre &#8212; jryy {1,7,8,14,17} gb {5,9,10,13,22} beqre &#8212; fbzrguvat ryfr va gur tevqf jvyy freir nf n orggre jnl gb svaq n bar-gb-svir beqrevat urer. 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