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Not my favorite topic... CUBES

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November 7, 2005
geometry3D geometry

Problem Statement

A wooden cube n n units on a side is painted red on all six faces and then cut into n3 n^3 unit cubes. Exactly one-fourth of the total number of faces of the unit cubes are red. What is n n? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 4<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 5<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 6<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 7 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 3\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 4\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 5\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 6\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 7