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You HAVE to understand magic square and all of its solutions
defformingMagicSquare(s):# All possible solutions for 3x3 magic squaresmagic_squares=[[[8,1,6],[3,5,7],[4,9,2]],[[6,1,8],[7,5,3],[2,9,4]],[[4,9,2],[3,5,7],[8,1,6]],[[2,9,4],[7,5,3],[6,1,8]],[[8,3,4],[1,5,9],[6,7,2]],[[4,3,8],[9,5,1],[2,7,6]],[[6,7,2],[1,5,9],[8,3,4]],[[2,7,6],[9,5,1],[4,3,8]],]# Calculate the cost differences after comparing with every solutions# Append the total cost to the costs arraycosts=[]formagicinmagic_squares:cost=0foriinrange(3):forjinrange(3):cost+=abs(s[i][j]-magic[i][j])costs.append(cost)# Return the minimum cost differencereturnmin(costs)
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You HAVE to understand magic square and all of its solutions