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Six Cubes (Posted on 2004-08-08) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Take six identical cubes and place them on the table in such a way that each cube touches each of the other five cubes with some part of its side (touching only along edges or at corners doesn't count).

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Solution Diagram | Comment 3 of 5 |

Split the cubes into two groups of three.  Put each group together like this:

 ___
| |___
|___| |
| |___|
|___|

Now take these two groups and put them on top of each other.  It should look something like this:

        /^\
/ \
. / \
| / |\
| / | \
| \ | /\ .
| \ |/ \ |
| /\ | \ |
| / \ /| \|
| / \ / | \
| / x | |x
|/ \ | /
|\ \| /|
| \ | / |
| \ |\ / |
| \ |/\/ |
| \ /
\ /
\ /
\/

It is badly distorted in order to show how each cube is touching all of the other five.


  Posted by Tristan on 2004-08-08 12:06:58
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