A square array of numbers is called a magic square when all rows of numbers and all columns of numbers and all diagonals of numbers have the same sum. You may remember completing this 3 x 3 magic square with the nine numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Use the same nine numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (each once) to make a square array of numbers that is the "complete opposite" of a magic square - that is, all rows, columns, and diagonals have different sums.

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