HOW TO FIND THE TOTAL OF A ROW OF FIGURES IN A MAGIC SQUARE.

_Rule._--Multiply half the sum of the extremes by the square root of

the greatest extreme.

Referring to the example given above, we see that the extremes 1 and

25 added equal 26--half of which is 13; this multiplied by 5 (the

square root of 25) gives 65 as the total for each row.

Again, in the next question, the two extremes 1 and 81 equal 82, half

of this sum is 41, which multiplied by 9 (the square root of 81)

gives 369 as the total for each row.

42. Arrange the figures from 1 to 81 in a square that when added up

horizontally, vertically, or diagonally the sum will be 369.

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