Pascal’s pyramid
This is Pascal’s pyramid. Every stone has a positive number on it and, apart from the base stones, each stone’s number is the sum of the numbers of the two stones on which it rests. The numbers of the six base stones are all different.
What are A, B, C, D, E and F?
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Answer to 1620 Pieces of eight: the candidates are C and G
The winner Allen Sawitz of Gadstrup, Denmark
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