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Unit Cubes (Posted on 2004-02-02)

Some unit cubes are assembled to form a larger cube. Some of the faces of the larger cube are then painted. The cube is taken apart and it is found that 217 of the unit cubes have paint on them. What is the total number of unit cubes?

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Comment 16 of 16 |

The required total number of cubes is 729.

** Very interesting, and I will try to come up with a detailed explanation.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-08-01 22:33:03

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