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Unit Cube Paint Undertaking (Posted on 2016-09-28)

N unit cubes are assembled to form a larger cube (N is a positive integer.)

In the larger cube thus assembled, some of the faces are then painted.

The cube is now taken apart and it is found that 271 of the unit cubes have paint on them.

Find N.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

N=1000.
For an explanation, refer to the computer program assisted solution by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): Considering all the possibilities	broll	2016-09-29 11:10:44
re: Considering all the possibilities	Jer	2016-09-29 07:27:30
re(2): Interesting.	broll	2016-09-28 23:47:50
Considering all the possibilities	Charlie	2016-09-28 15:29:47
re: Interesting.	Charlie	2016-09-28 12:23:22
Interesting.	broll	2016-09-28 12:17:39

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