Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/178 - The Seven-Pointed Star

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 * The Seven-Pointed Star
 * We have already dealt briefly with stars of five and six points.
 * The case of the seven-pointed star is particularly interesting.


 * All you have to do is place the numbers $1$, $2$, $3$, up to $14$ in the fourteen discs so that every line of four disks shall add up to $30$.


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 * If you make a rough diagram and use numbered counters, you will find it difficult to break away from the fascination of the thing.
 * Possibly, however, not a single reader will hit upon a simple method of solution:
 * his answer, when found, will be obtained by mere patience and luck.
 * Yet, like those of the large majority of the puzzles given in these pages,
 * the solution is subject to law, if you can unravel it.