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Sudoku rules illustrated

A completed grid highlights a row, a column and a 3×3 box to show the three standard Sudoku constraints.

How to read this diagram

Each highlighted unit contains digits 1–9 exactly once. All other rows, columns and boxes follow the same rule.

This is a completed teaching example, not an unsolved puzzle. Read the rules lesson for a fuller explanation.

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