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no of cubes to assemble large cube May Olympiad (Olimpiada de Mayo) 2011 L1 P4

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September 28, 2021
combinatorial geometrycombinatorics

Problem Statement

Using several white edge cubes of side 1 1, Guille builds a large cube. Then he chooses 44 faces of the big cube and paints them red. Finally, he takes apart the large cube and observe that the cubes with at least a face painted red is 431431. Find the number of cubes that he used to assemble the large cube. Analyze all the possibilities.