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16 ? 58 72

19 37 59 ?
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Let the missing numbers be positive integers a, b, c, d in order from top to bottom. Assume that in each row and column the numbers are in ascending order.

  3 25  a  65

  b 30 47 69

16   c  58 72

19 37 59  d  

From the assumption that the numbers are ordered, 25<a<47, 3<b<16, 30<c<37, d>72. 

Now we need to find some pattern. We can eliminate a common sum of the numbers in each row or column, particularly because the second rows would imply that b=c which contradicts our assumptions about order (the sum of the known numbers is 146 for both rows).

The tentative solution below is based on: b-3=30-25, b=8; 47-a=69-65, a=43; 37-c=19-16, c=34; d-72=59-58, d=73. The link between rows 2, 3 and 4 is 72-69=19-16=3.

  3 25 43 65

  8 30 47 69

16 34 58 72

19 37 59 73

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