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:
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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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