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Cutting a cube (Posted on 2004-04-28)

If you want to cut a 3x3x3 cube in 1x1x1 pieces by using plane cuts, you would need six cuts, if no rearranging of pieces is allowed.

How many cuts would you need, if you were allowed to rearrange the pieces after each cut, and why?

Submitted by e.g.

Rating: 3.6000 (5 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Six: the center cube needs six cuts to "free" each of its faces from its neighbors.

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Subject	Author	Date
prpblem solution	K Sengupta	2007-04-15 15:48:12
well..	Detti	2004-10-06 12:15:57
No Subject	Genevieve	2004-09-29 13:54:56
A variation	Federico Kereki	2004-04-28 10:27:40
Solution	Jer	2004-04-28 10:16:51
exactly so	Ady TZIDON	2004-04-28 09:38:14

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