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no of lines passing through 2 or 3 centers of 27 unit cubes of a 3x3 cube

Source: 1990 ITAMO p1

January 31, 2020
combinatoricscubecombinatorial geometrygeometry3D geometry

Problem Statement

A cube of edge length 33 consists of 2727 unit cubes. Find the number of lines passing through exactly three centers of these 2727 cubes, as well as the number of those passing through exactly two such centers.