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Almost a Cube (Posted on 2007-04-17)

Thirteen 1x1x2 bricks are assembled into a 3x3x3 cube with a hole in the cube. Where can this hole occur?

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A hole in a 3x3x3 cube assembled with 1x1x2 bricks will occur either on one of the eight corners or six face-centers. The twelve center-edges and the one center cube can not be left as the hole.

Posted by Dej Mar on 2007-04-17 14:08:13

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