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Gauss (7) #20

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February 26, 2017
Gauss

Problem Statement

Each of the 12 edges of a cube is coloured either red or green. Every face of the cube has at least one red edge. What is the smallest number of red edges?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 2<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 4<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 5<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 6<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 2 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 3 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 4 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 5 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 6