Original:

There is only one way to make the middle row sum to $3, and this forces the solution shown:

 

 

Upon arrival:

Increasing the cost of the middle row to $5 opens up two possibilities:

 

Each yields three possibilities, since each has two of the same tile and one other color tile:

 

Only one of these possibilities (bottom right) yields a legal solution:

 

 

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