JIPMAT 2021 (LR) - This question is based on the information given below: The six faces of cube are painted in a manner that no two adjacent faces have the same colour. The three colours used in painting are red, blue and green. The cube is then cut into 36 smaller cubes in a manner that 32 cubes are of one size and the rest of a bigger size and each of the bigger cube has no red side. How many cubes only have one side coloured? | PYQs + Solutions | AfterBoards
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JIPMAT 2021

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Dices & Cubes

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This question is based on the information given below: The six faces of cube are painted in a manner that no two adjacent faces have the same colour. The three colours used in painting are red, blue and green. The cube is then cut into 36 smaller cubes in a manner that 32 cubes are of one size and the rest of a bigger size and each of the bigger cube has no red side. How many cubes only have one side coloured?

Correct Option: 4
Given information:\newlineTotal 3636 cubes after cutting\newline3232 cubes of one size, 44 cubes bigger\newlineSix faces painted with red, blue, green\newlineNo adjacent faces have same color\newlineBigger cubes have no red side
To find cubes with exactly one colored side:
From standard cube layout:\newlineCorner pieces (88) have three colors\newlineEdge pieces (1212) have two colors\newlineCenter pieces (66) have one color\newlineInner pieces (11) have no color
When cut into 3636 pieces:\newlineMust be a 3×3×33×3×3 cube with an extra layer making it 3636 pieces\newline3232 smaller cubes and 44 bigger ones
To find cubes with only one side:\newlineCenter pieces would have only one color = 66\newlineEdge middle pieces in extended layer = 22 more\newlineTotal = 88
Therefore, 88 cubes have exactly one colored face.

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