SOLUTION: Twenty-seven small wooden cubes fit exactly inside a cubical box without a lid. How many of the cubes are touching the sides or the bottom of the box?
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Question 653085: Twenty-seven small wooden cubes fit exactly inside a cubical box without a lid. How many of the cubes are touching the sides or the bottom of the box?
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are blocks per side. So there are 3^2 = 9 blocks that touch the bottom.
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