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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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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-08-01 22:33:03
Solution	broll	2016-07-01 11:22:50
re(4): Extension (A deeper question)	nikki	2004-02-05 16:32:41
re(4): Extension (A deeper question)	Brian Wainscott	2004-02-05 16:13:54
re(3): Extension (A deeper question)	Charlie	2004-02-05 10:35:26
re(2): Extension (A deeper question)	Jer	2004-02-05 09:42:47
re: Extension (A deeper question)	nikki	2004-02-04 18:03:26
Extension (A deeper question)	Jer	2004-02-04 11:26:12
re: solution to problem	Charlie	2004-02-03 08:54:17
re(2): Short solution att: Richard	Ady TZIDON	2004-02-03 03:23:46
solution to problem	bs	2004-02-03 00:42:30
re: Short solution	Richard	2004-02-02 21:33:18
Short solution	Ady TZIDON	2004-02-02 16:58:12
re: Another way of looking at it.	SilverKnight	2004-02-02 14:51:22
Another way of looking at it.	Charlie	2004-02-02 14:45:36
Full Solution	SilverKnight	2004-02-02 13:48:34

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