| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 |
Consider the squares of an $8 \times 8$ chessboard filled with the numbers 1 to 64 as in the figure below. If we choose 8 squares with the property that there is exactly one from each row and exactly one from each column, and add up the numbers in the chosen squares, show that the sum obtained is always 260.
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\begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | }
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 \\
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9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13 & 14 & 15 & 16 \\
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17 & 18 & 19 & 20 & 21 & 22 & 23 & 24 \\
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25 & 26 & 27 & 28 & 29 & 30 & 31 & 32 \\
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33 & 34 & 35 & 36 & 37 & 38 & 39 & 40 \\
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41 & 42 & 43 & 44 & 45 & 46 & 47 & 48 \\
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49 & 50 & 51 & 52 & 53 & 54 & 55 & 56 \\
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57 & 58 & 59 & 60 & 61 & 62 & 63 & 64 \\
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\end{tabular}
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