SOLUTION: explain how you can find the number of three colored cubes needed for an n x n x n cube

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Question 181572: explain how you can find the number of three colored cubes needed for an n x n x n cube
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No matter what the dimensions of the large cube, the only constituent cubes that would require three colors are those at the vertices of the cube. A cube always has 8 vertices.


John