A cube is made of a white material, but the exterior is
painted black.

If the cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of exactly the
same size, how many of the cubes will have

atleast 2 of their sides painted black?

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A cube is made of a white material, but the exterior is painted black. If the cube is cut into ..

Answer / roop anand

44 cubes..
there are 8(top most n bottom most 8 corners) cubes which
have 3 sides coated,,
there are 24(top n bottom face)+12(corner) cubes which are
coated on 3 sides

so totally 44 cubes

Is This Answer Correct ?    19 Yes 6 No

A cube is made of a white material, but the exterior is painted black. If the cube is cut into ..

Answer / guest

44

36 of the cubes have EXACTLY 2 of their sides painted black,
but because a cube with 3 of its sides

painted black has 2 of its sides painted black, you must
also include the corner cubes. This was a

trick question, but hopefully the title of the puzzle tipped
you off to this.

Is This Answer Correct ?    11 Yes 5 No

A cube is made of a white material, but the exterior is painted black. If the cube is cut into ..

Answer / mridul

125 cubes means volume is 125...each side has 5*5 cubes...corner points are having 3 painted sides hence 8 corner points....and 40 side points with 2 painted surface...hence 48 cubes

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 12 No

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