SOLUTION: a mouse eats a 3 x 3 x 3 block of cheese by eating one 1 x 1 x 1 cube per day. it begins on the outside of the block. then, every day after the first, the mouse eats one of the cub

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Question 666351: a mouse eats a 3 x 3 x 3 block of cheese by eating one 1 x 1 x 1 cube per day. it begins on the outside of the block. then, every day after the first, the mouse eats one of the cubes adjacent to the one it ate the day before. can it eat the middle cube on the 27th day?
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Yes, there are 3*3*3=27 cubes. It eats 1 cube a day, so it will eat the middle cube on the 27th day.