Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/169 - The Card Pentagon

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 * The Card Pentagon
 * Make a rough pentagon on a large sheet of paper.
 * Then throw down the ten non-court cards of a suit at the places indicated in the diagram,
 * so that the pips on every row of three cards on the sides of the pentagon shall add up alike.


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 * The example will be found faulty.


 * After you have found the rule you will be able to deal the cards into their places without any thought.
 * ''And there are very few ways of placing them.