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this is step:- 4



Only one place for a 3 in box 6
. Therefore only one cell left for the 2 at c7r4.
That 2 in row 4 makes a 5 in column 2. Now the 2 and 5 are chosen it can only be a 6 in c4r4.
There is now only one place for a 3 in box 5 and finally an 8 in the last cell c9r4.

That 8 in box 6 makes c9r6 a 7 with a 6 in the last cell.

Column c8 has only the three cells left in box 9 with 2, 6 and 9 possible. Therefore 2, 6 and 9 cannot be elsewhere in box 9 so time to clean up the possibles ...

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c1
c2
c3
 
c4
c5
c6
 
c7
c8
c9
 
 
7
 
8
49 
 
 
1
49 
3
 
6
 5
5
 
2
r1
box

1
2
&
3
259 
box 1 
1
259 
 
2579 
2579 
 
6
 
37 
3
box 3 
8
 
4
r2
56 
 
3
 456
 
 
8
45 
27 
2
 
 
1
37 
7
 
9
r3
 
4
25 
5
 
7
 
256 
6
235678 
3
 
9
 
 28
2
 
1
68 
8
r4
box

4
5
&
6
 82
box 4 
9
 
3
 
267 
12678 
178 
 
 
5
box 6 
4
678 
6
r5
825 
 
6
 
1
 
 
4
23578 
178 
 
 
9
23 
3
78 
7
r6
 
3
257 
 
8
 
2679 
12679 
 
4
 
27 
269 
1567 
r7
box

7
8
&
9
 2569
box 7 
4
2569 
 
 
3
126789 
178 
 
278 
269 
 15678
r8
 
1
 27
269 
 
2679 
26789 
 
5
 
 
4
 269
 
3
r9



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